61.   The strike was against a government budget to freeze state payrolls next year as part of a plan to cut a swollen deficit.

62.   Then, with allies still fuming over Kyoto, Bush released his proposed federal government budget for the next fiscal year.

63.   They are teachers, lawyers, students and businessmen who feel bewildered by government budgets and committees.

64.   Trimming the government budget and giving a boost to the stock market would help induce a rate decline, he said.

65.   Under the rules Thursday, the two candidates merely delivered rival statements to parliament on the ostensible issue of debating the latest government budget.

66.   With prices in check around the globe, many countries now see selling their gold holdings as a quick way to raise cash and balance government budgets.

67.   Women have not been able to play a very organized role in shaping the allocations of government budgets on these kinds of consumption.

68.   Parliament approved a government budget Tuesday that would have contained a record deficit except for a change in book-keeping practices.

69.   Additional money is thought to come from other central and local government budgets, exports of weapons and domestic sales of civilian products made in military-run factories.

70.   According to the central bank, she said, a further cut in the lending rates was impossible because it would put a heavier burden on the government budget.