21.   But suppose that in succeeding years, the national debt were paid off and the government even ran a surplus.

22.   Canadians feel government can run their lives better than they can. . . .

23.   Clinton made his proposals at a time when the government was running a record budget deficit and was constrained from expanding or adding programs.

24.   Current projections suggest that the government will run an operating deficit this year and next year and then run operating surpluses.

25.   Deep down, Americans may not really want to see their government run like a business after all.

26.   Dornbusch has in mind higher taxes that would allow the government to run a permanent budget surplus.

27.   Democrats hope to utilize a somewhat esoteric, but generally accepted economic dynamic that suggests long-term interest rates go up when the federal government runs deficits.

28.   Even the village government runs on the same principle.

29.   Following past practice, Congress has already passed a stopgap measure to keep the government running for three weeks while lawmakers continue working.

30.   Foreign investment has been virtually nil and the government is running out of cash to subsidize money-losing state companies.