11.   It threatens to further cut margins and raise costs at its military radios unit, which Racal previously has complained is suffering from delays on Bowman.

12.   Peter Vagenas, the self-designated penalty kicker from the Galaxy, calmly whacked the ball into the corner, and the margin was cut in half.

13.   Philadelphia cut the margin to five before Marbury seemed to push it back to seven when Ratliff blocked his driving layup with five minutes left.

14.   Ricky Pierce missed a chance to cut the margin to two points with a minute remaining.

15.   So they have to cut their margins.

16.   The company said rising corn prices cut margins at A.E. Staley, its main U.S. unit.

17.   The Sixers did cut the margin to four midway through the final quarter and had numerous chances to close within two.

18.   There may be a few select businesses that can get away with price increases of significance, but competitive pressures have forced most enterprises to cut margins drastically.

19.   There were many competitive moments late in the game, the Nets cutting the margin to three points with five minutes left.

20.   While Fishelson says he is cutting his margins, that does not seem the likely case with other purveyors of anthrax-related products and services.