They also called for a gradual elimination of inheritance taxes, a move that primarily benefits wealthy families.

With the gradual elimination of passenger trains in the late 1950s, the club began touring by bus.

But the coalition had sought a far slower pace, with a more gradual elimination of state controls.

"The gradual elimination of inflation renders gold a poor investment.

The deportations were accompanied by the gradual elimination of Polish cultural institutions.

Some Muslim scholars have taken this mean that his true motive was to bring about a gradual elimination of slavery.

This simplification could include the gradual elimination of the existing correction mechanism.

During the last legislative session, lawmakers approved the gradual elimination of the state's sales tax on certain clothing.

Although a slaveholder, Doniphan advocated the gradual elimination of slavery.

Instead a horizontal integration of the economy by the gradual elimination of trade barriers seemed to be the way to continue.

We can only declare ourselves in favour of the proposed plan for the gradual elimination of affected fish.

Vandalism and a higher concern for costs has led to the gradual elimination of these minuscule desk surfaces.

The Council proposal envisages setting up a system for the gradual elimination of fish affected by the disease and also a vaccination plan.

Not the least of the benefits would be the gradual elimination of the foreign drug cartels and the corruption that supports them.

And Mr. Wen has ordered a gradual elimination of farm taxes.

The gradual elimination of the secondary education ended in 1956 with the full implementation of the two-year collegiate course.

Of course, the very existence of a Europe-wide market should, in theory, lead to a gradual elimination of the problems.

Mr. Pataki, too, has long favored some modification of the regulations, leading to a gradual elimination.

This was one of those cases where the gradual elimination of suspects would eventually narrow the trail to just one man.

One of the features of modern technical writing has been the gradual elimination of the preposition.

We must also help in putting pressure on other importers, from outside Europe, to ensure the gradual elimination of illegal trade in timber.

The gradual elimination of violence from religion is one of Ms. Armstrong's great themes.

Mr. Bush said in the Presidential campaign that he supported the gradual elimination of the crop subsidy programs.

"We think what we see could be best explained with an autoimmune mechanism and gradual elimination of auto-antibodies," he says.

Therefore, it cannot be denied that the gradual elimination of protectionism is a good thing, but it should not become a dogma.