21.   The move represents a retreat from the general trend toward reduced government regulation in Germany and Europe as a whole.

22.   The western Alliance party, energized by its rapid growth west of Ontario, remains bent on reduced government and lower taxes.

23.   We have to make sure that reduced government spending does not single out just the poor and the middle class.

24.   Western governments, meanwhile, are pushing for greater belt-tightening with a formula of high interest rates, reduced government spending and more taxes.

25.   Weaker currencies, higher interest rates and reduced government spending are forcing manufacturers throughout Southeast Asia to slow operations.

26.   A bumper crop and reduced government subsidies this year forced farmers to sell below cost.

27.   Although the rural sector was earlier expected to absorb some of the jobless in urban areas, the reduced government budget has made it difficult to achieve significant results.

28.   As economic reforms reduced government subsidies, many factories have laid off workers, cut benefits or stopped paying employees.

29.   Fox said he had reduced government spending, improved the economy despite a U.S. slowdown and cracked down on federal crimes including kidnapping, drug smuggling and corruption.

30.   IMF loans are usually provided with strict conditions attached, including reduced government spending and the merger or closure of insolvent banks.