81.   Many analysts had expected the central bank to either leave lending rates unchanged or cut them by less than deposit rates, in part to help out state banks.

82.   Nav Canada, whose board will include union, government and airline appointees, also plans to cut costs by using technology more efficiently.

83.   Noting the slower growth, the Fed marked the new year with a surprise decision to cut interest rates by half a percentage point.

84.   Only a break cut by crews racing ahead of the fire kept flames from reaching grass and brush in the Edison corridor and spreading to homes.

85.   Or to doctors who, Ms. Angier says, overindulge the urge to cut by performing more Caesarean sections and hysterectomies than are warranted?

86.   Or, even worse, they see it as a category in which they can cut costs by buying cheap.

87.   Otherwise, the Democrats say, US companies will shift more jobs to nations that allow companies to cut costs by skirting environmental laws and locking out labor unions.

88.   Paying off the debt will give many Americans an effective tax cut by lowering mortgage-financing costs.

89.   Refiners are struggling with low profit margins, and have turned to joint ventures and acquisitions to cut costs by eliminating equipment, jobs and other expenses.

90.   Requiring shrimp boats in the Gulf of Mexico to modify their nets could cut by half the number of red snapper unintentionally caught and killed.