11.   Even Woods said that trying to erase a deficit at the Open can be like trying to run in quicksand.

12.   How exhilarating it must feel to hit for power in the clutch, to erase a deficit and silence naysayers with one smooth stroke.

13.   If an agreement is reached to erase the deficit, which is the outcome most traders expect, the dollar can rise significantly, market participants said.

14.   In fact, they erased the deficit on the next two holes.

15.   Indeed, the president had his emissaries meet with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to explore the prospects for a compromise plan to erase the deficit.

16.   NASA funding has been targeted by budget-cutting Republicans as one area where spending can be trimmed to help erase the deficit.

17.   Radmanovich delivered a two-run double and Monahan followed with a run-scoring single in the second inning to erase the deficit.

18.   Republicans have pledged to erase the deficit within seven years through spending cuts.

19.   Seattle erased that deficit in the ninth.

20.   Since that time, the cumulative deficit has been erased.