11.   The company said the reduction in equipment earnings stemmed reduced service parts production and higher sales incentives on used farm equipment.

12.   The only weapons the agency uses to combat rising costs with, critics contend, are toll increases and the threat of reduced services.

13.   The prospect of reduced services at teaching hospitals has prompted an outcry from some hospital and industry leaders.

14.   Without a government monopoly, private postal systems would scramble to survive with sky-high stamp prices, abandoned rural routes, reduced services and chaotic competitive delivery systems.

15.   Amtrak officials say they may eliminate some Northeast runs in an effort to cut costs, but some regional transportation officials are opposed to reduced service.

16.   But commuters on some high-speed lines encountered reduced service, and had to find alternative routes.

17.   Hospitals have also closed rural clinics and skilled nursing facilities, reduced services, eliminated patient beds and cut staff -- just to break even.

18.   Reduced service was expected Sunday in some areas.

19.   Sam Parmelee, a vice president of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association, said reduced service could cause other problems.

20.   Railway conductors demanding higher pay called a work stoppage until Saturday morning, forcing reduced service on numerous lines.