31.   The Expos are reeling because of strike-induced losses, and have to slash their payroll, even if it means divesting themselves of their best players.

32.   The cutbacks may portend job losses at the seven regional Bell companies, which have already slashed their payrolls by tens of thousands of workers.

33.   The joblessness reflected corporate efforts to slash payrolls, with the greatest losses coming from manufacturers.

34.   The IMF said the government must slash its payroll and raise more revenue by overhauling the tax code.

35.   The Royals intend to bring up younger players, slash payroll and, of course, find a manager they think is capable of parenting in this day-care center.

36.   The team slashed its payroll last season by dumping such veterans as pitcher Denny Neagle, outfielder Orlando Merced and infielder Jay Bell.

37.   They slashed payrolls, shuttered the most antiquated of their hulking mills and spent billions on new technology and equipment.

38.   To slash payroll and reduce productive capacity in order to please the brokers and sweeten an already healthy bottom line, and then to reward executives for their savagery...

39.   Unemployment is likely to rise sharply in coming years as businesses are consolidated by owners prepared to slash payrolls.