11.   Defense analyst Carol Lesher said she doubted the Osprey would be the program that falls to the ax of Pentagon budget cutters.

12.   During the last fiscal crisis UMass was a prime target for budget cutters.

13.   Each of the four armed services is struggling to demonstrate why it should not be the victim of the budget cutters.

14.   Even Michael Eisner, the Disney chairman, has a reputation as a budget cutter who seeks to avoid extravagances to employees and stars.

15.   For taxpayers and budget cutters, there was the prospect of efficiency and cost saving.

16.   Harkin promoted his support for abortion rights and an increase in the minimum wage, while Lightfoot portrayed himself as a budget cutter.

17.   He added, however, that the JSF may become the target of Pentagon budget cutters.

18.   He joined other victims of workplace accidents on Capitol Hill Thursday to lobby lawmakers to save OSHA from Republican budget cutters.

19.   McCain has identified himself as a budget cutter, even questioning the sacrosanct ethanol subsidy.

20.   On the other hand, budget cutters seem unlikely to find the report so persuasive as to set aside the ax.