21.   Barry, re-elected to a fourth term last November despite serving a six-month jail term on cocaine charges, was outlining separate austerity measures.

22.   Austerity measures were expressly opposed by Jospin during his election campaign.

23.   Bolstered by a new international vote of confidence in his reform efforts, President Leonid D. Kuchma now promises further painful austerity measures to turn around the depressed economy.

24.   A few weeks ago, the government introduced austerity measures that appeared to satisfy some foreign investors and the International Monetary Fund.

25.   Alarcon replaced Abdala Bucaram, who was ousted for his austerity measures and alleged corruption.

26.   Budget cutting and fiscal austerity measures adopted by European governments to qualify for the planned single currency have strengthened national economies, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said.

27.   But it would also cause added pain to his countrymen by imposing new austerity measures.

28.   But none of the quick fixes and austerity measures attempted over a long, hot summer of currency runs has succeeded in re-establishing confidence.

29.   But Russia had to toe the line on budget cuts and other austerity measures sure to enrage the Communists and nationalists.

30.   But putting the agreement into effect is contingent on congressional approval of a series of austerity measures.