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The company’s CEO hopes that retirements and attrition will help hin trim costs.

at·tri·tion
n.  

1. A rubbing away or wearing down by friction.
2. A gradual diminution in number or strength because of constant stress.
3. A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death.
4. Repentance for sin motivated by fear of punishment rather than by love of God.

Burma was once the world’s biggest rice exporter, now many of its people hunger under the quixotic and brutal dictatorship ensconced in its jungle hideaway-fortress capital in Napyidaw.

quix·ot·ic
adj.  

1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality.
2. Capricious; impulsive: “At worst his scruples must have been quixotic, not malicious” (Louis Auchincloss).

The chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) got no demurral from the finance ministers on his committee when he warned that ongoing price inflation could undermine much of the recent pro-poor development gains in many countries.

de·mur·ral
n.   The act of demurring (a formal objection), especially a mild, polite, or considered expression of opposition.

The biofuel craze, commodity speculation, growing demand in emerging economies and soaring energy prices coalesce to boost food prices, with mass hunger and political instability looming.

co·a·lesce
intr.v.   co·a·lesced, co·a·lesc·ing, co·a·lesc·es

1. To grow together; fuse.
2. To come together so as to form one whole; unite: The rebel units coalesced into one army to fight the invaders. See Synonyms at mix.