ramping down (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Spokane WA _Spokesman-Review_ 12/19/1983 p 9 col 1 (Google news archive)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gVdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5-4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=r
amped-down&pg=7007%2C2276122

"Under the McClure bill, the $10 gas would be "ramped down" in 12 months
to an "average market price." The cheaper gas, mostly ranging from 27
cents to $20 now, would be "ramped up" to the average market price over
a period of three years."


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> Dan Goncharoff
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 2:10 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: ramping down
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> GB shows uses in the context of military operations and funding
beginning in
> the 1980s:
>
> "Then we *ramp down* and keep a warm production base so if hostilities
> start, we can go ahead"
> Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for for fiscal
year
> 1984
> http://bit.ly/guydsq
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> DanG
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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> > Subject:      Re: ramping down
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> > "Ramp up" has been used for a long time, and not just about military
> > operations.
> >
> > If anybody's been using "ramp down," especially in general usage, it
> > certainly hasn't been noticed by the OED. Or by me.
> >
> >
> > JL
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> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
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> > > Poster:       Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM>
> > > Subject:      Re: ramping down
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> > > Sorry, could you explain why this usage is worthy of mention? The
phrase
> > > has
> > > been used in the context of military operations for decades.
> > >
> > > DanG
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> > wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
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> > > > Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > > > Subject:      ramping down
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> > > > CNN reports that "the U.S. may be ramping down" its Libyan
operations.
> > > >
> > > > Makes some kind of sense. If that's still important.
> > > >
> > > > JL
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