71.   He said that Clinton was not renouncing the policy, which he credited for dramatically reducing the deficit.

72.   His Senate counterpart, Domenici, said the only contribution Clinton has made toward reducing the deficit is by raising taxes.

73.   However, Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who last year declared that reducing the deficit was his top priority, yesterday announced numerical targets to curtail spending.

74.   However, to blow a hole in the deficit is to reduce the deficit, a consummation devoutly to be wished by just about everyone in politics.

75.   If he could veto individual items rather than whole bills, Reagan contended, he could harness federal spending and reduce the deficit.

76.   If you think giving the rich the largest haul in tax breaks will reduce our deficit, then recent history taught you nothing.

77.   Import growth may outstrip export growth, though, making it difficult to reduce the deficit.

78.   In addition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got through a budget that promises to reduce the deficit.

79.   In France, Trichet has repeatedly called on the government to reduce its deficit by curtailing its spending.

80.   In its early days -- it requires an act of will to recall them -- Congress passed a budget bill aimed at reducing the deficit.