Then there was an abrupt reduction to 12 per week; now if your mail isn't in the slot early Saturday afternoon it won't go out until noon Monday.

Autumn sees an abrupt reduction in rainfall and return to sunniness.

The machine lifted onto wheels with an abrupt reduction in noise which made McKie feel that he'd been deafened.

The hardest blow for the Eastern European countries was the abrupt reduction in oil supplies from the Soviet Union, which is now selling its oil at world prices.

The risk and severity of withdrawal is increased with long-term use, use of high doses, abrupt or over-rapid reduction, among other factors.

And the abrupt reduction in the buying power of young American professionals - Porsche's prime customers - is proving disastrous for the company.

The condensed liquid refrigerant, in the thermodynamic state known as a saturated liquid, is next routed through an expansion valve where it undergoes an abrupt reduction in pressure.

The Medical Society of Westchester County wishes the public to understand our adamant opposition to any abrupt reduction in the number of hospital beds.

Other systems were shutting down, responding to the abrupt reduction in power.

Under this formula, beneficiaries would be protected from abrupt reductions in benefits, as envisioned under the 1977 amendments, and would also receive retroactive benefits.