21.   Already the government is making progress balancing its books.

22.   Almost immediately, he loaned a Boeing executive to help the orchestra balance its books.

23.   Although they believe that the government should balance its books, they are averse to parting with government benefits.

24.   Although it had been warned the products could be infected, the government was also said to have used up its blood supply to balance its books.

25.   And that, they say, means the government is even less likely to construct a plan to balance its books.

26.   Any finishing-school matron would have taken one look at Gretzky and ordered him to skate while balancing books on his head.

27.   As a result, the province will face significant challenges in reconciling its spending priorities with the need to balance its books, it said.

28.   As the government ratchets down its share of funding, there is a rethinking about how Canadian schools will balance their books, Stevenson said.

29.   As it and the broader current account deficit widens, America needs to attract more investment from abroad to balance its books.

30.   Balancing the books also allows Chretien to divert attention from the growing discord in the French-speaking province of Quebec.