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The reality of life in poor countries has not been changed by the Bank's bean-counters.

Bean-counters in Austin, the state capital, had come up with sobering projections, but none of these were official estimates.

The interior looks like something you might have seen on a futuristic American concept car before the bean counters ripped it to shreds.

Debt reduction is no longer the contemplative realm of policy wonks and bean counters.

At a lower level, bean-counters are becoming a bit less blind to nature's bounty.

Bean counters at manufacturers and retailers should also take note of the trend towards using RFID and sensors in the supply chain.

Today, the finance professionals are no longer "Bean Counters" .

That makes things difficult for the bean-counters who compile the inflation statistics.

If the bean-counters have their way, the Foreign Office will face spending cuts every bit as harsh as those in defence.

This also makes the bean counters happy, because more emphasis is given to the more "tangible" revenue items.

And when it comes to wages and benefits, corporate America's bean counters could make Scrooge blush.

The new corporate leaders will no longer be pen pushers and bean counters.

Forget the marketing mavens, the strategy wizards, the bean counters and the designers.

Tax receipts often rise faster than the bean-counters expect during cyclical expansions.

Royal bean- counters reckon the cost might outweigh the likely income.

But it's important to remember that when the going gets tough, the bean-counters sharpen their pencils.

The bean counters have warned us to reduce our company's travel expenses.

Stores love to push their store branded credit cards because the bean-counters know that people spend more on credit than they do with cash.

There are many bean counters working in our office.

"The bean counters in Shenzhen didn't have a clue about how to operate outside of China, " Mr. Arnold said.