1.   Substantial job cuts have also taken place at major firms over the last two years including Cummins, Cleveland Structural and Whessoe.

2.   As the Whitman cuts took hold, though, the former Wall Street investment banker had to find ways to raise money to avoid a budget shortfall.

3.   At the same time, budget cuts took a toll on the U.S. cultural presence in the Middle East.

4.   At other sites, budget cuts have taken their toll in terms of content and features that are updated less often.

5.   Bank of Spain Governor Luis Angel Rojo had told the congress yesterday that the rate cut would take place.

6.   BofA has never spelled out when and where those job cuts would take place.

7.   A company spokeswoman said no decision had been reached on where the job cuts would take place.

8.   Advocates for welfare recipients said the cuts would take a devastating human toll and predicted they would lead to increases in hunger, crime and homelessness.

9.   Bustamante appeared in the chambers moments later, sounding cool to the proposal, saying he believed the tax cut would take too much away from funding for schools.

10.   But history suggests that the cuts take so long to enact that any recession will have come and gone before any money flows back to taxpayers.