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Many of our Christmas traditions were invented by Charles Dickens, but others didn’t make the cut. So clear some space round the table for goblins,...

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2011
AT&T Shows Subscriber Strength

AT&T posted a drop in quarterly earnings but beat analysts' forecasts for wireless subscriptions on a big gain in customers using devices such as e-readers.

Nokia Beats Views as Low-End Shines

Nokia swung to a second successive net loss in the third quarter, but reported better-than-expected results thanks to higher sales of its low-end cell phones.

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Under the plan, Verizon Wireless and affiliates of the other major carriers would have paid about $16 billion for the licenses, which they won in an auction earlier this year and view as crucial to alleviating the growing problem of overcrowded airwaves

True, it was an awful one, and not just for high-tech colossus NEC. Japan sank into its fourth recession in a decade. Major credit agencies, worried about budget deficits of Italian proportions, slashed their ratings on Japan's sovereign debt. All manner of Japanese executives started to fret about the growing threat of China, whose economic competitiveness gathers strength by the day as it sucks in foreign direct investment from all corners.

Those moves may alleviate the risk of another market shutdown, but they will not remove the threat of another attack, said Mr. Purcell, the Morgan Stanley chairman.

al·le·vi·ate (ə-lē'vē-āt')

tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. 緩和、減輕
To make (pain, for example) more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See synonyms at relieve.

[Middle English alleviaten, from Late Latin alleviāre, alleviāt-, to lighten : Latin ad-, ad- + levis, light.]

alleviation al·le'vi·a'tion n.
alleviator al·le'vi·a'tor n.

Definition of make the cut in English:

[USUALLY WITH NEGATIVE] Golf Equal or better a requiredscore, thus avoiding elimination from the last two rounds of a four-round tournament:she shot rounds of 86 and 86 and failed to make the cut

MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES

• ‘And the next day I went out and played the second round and almost made the cut,’ he grins.
• The event's star attraction world number one Tiger Woods also made the cut, with a two round total of 143.
• The Scotland World Cup player has now made the cut in his past 18 tournaments and is beginning to attain the air of a serious contender at every event in which he plays.