21.   Along the Gulf coast the deficit has been impressive with most places having less than half their normal rainfall.

22.   Although the Kings rallied for three goals in the second period, the deficit was too much to overcome with so many players struggling.

23.   And how big will the Social Security deficit be once the trust fund has been expropriated?

24.   And nearly everyone noted that if somehow the nation could return to strong economic growth the deficit would not be a problem.

25.   And he argued that the budget deficit is not the only red ink that the country must deal with.

26.   And the budget deficit is totally under control.

27.   And President Clinton is telling Newt Gingrich that the ballooning budget deficit is now a Republican problem.

28.   And what, after all, has happened to the deficit hawk now that the deficit is no more?

29.   And then, of course, there is the deficit.

30.   And that deficit might not be so easy to make up next year without getting a step closer Saturday against Michigan State.