31.   The government needs to slash deficit spending in Congress where legislation is pending to cut payroll and reduce social security costs, Bier said.

32.   The Houston Astros, major-league sources said, are trying to trade pitcher Greg Swindell in order to cut payroll.

33.   The Islanders are not looking to cut the payroll Tuesday.

34.   The White Sox management was spitting in the face of its fans, cutting the payroll, cheating the ticket-holders.

35.   Their biggest crop of talented minor-leaguers in years has arrived just as the organization needs to cut payroll in the wake of the strike.

36.   There are few ways for the Yankees to cut payroll to offset these expected increases.

37.   They invested in automation, cut payrolls and adopted more efficient manufacturing techniques.

38.   They will also urge the government to proceed with plans to cut state payroll to reduce public spending.

39.   To do this, state governments are planning to cut payrolls and limit salary increases, he said.

40.   Wells continued to cut payroll in the past quarter.