1.   And putting a second team in a huge payoff Alliance bowl game is why the conference exceeded budget projections for this year.

2.   Another board member, Warren S. Dolny, who represents Rockland County, defended the Metro-North contracts, saying they were in line with earlier budget projections.

3.   Bush is taking the budget office projection on faith.

4.   Budget surplus projections from the CBO and OMB have grown in recent months as the U.S. economy continues to outperform expectations.

5.   Can anyone count on the new budget projections?

6.   Citing rising budget surplus projections, Greenspan said it now appeared possible to both cut taxes and pay off the national debt by the end of the decade.

7.   Clinton announced the new budget projections before traveling to several fund-raisers in New York City.

8.   Democrats said it would be a mistake to count on the surplus to finance a large tax cut, given the inherent uncertainty in long-term economic and budget projections.

9.   During a White House briefing with reporters, Raines declined to lay out the specific economic assumptions underpinning the rosy new budget projections.

10.   Economic output is central to budget projections.