1.   Republicans also offered to reduce their tax cuts by about a fourth.

2.   I tapped Martin on the shoulder and signalled a cut by drawing a finger across my throat.

3.   Also, sooner-than-expected price cuts by Intel to boost sagging PC demand is prompting some to put off PC purchases until cheaper systems are available.

4.   Analysts expect Clarke to offset tax cuts by equivalent reductions in planned future spending.

5.   An interest rate cut by the Fed would spur the US economy and, along with it, US imports.

6.   An interest-rate cut by the central bank has much the same effect.

7.   And suppliers respond to tax cuts by investing their capital in new supply.

8.   And though economists predict US growth is expected to slow, interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, copied by European central banks, also reassured financial markets.

9.   Any production cuts by the cartel to support prices would be viewed as harmful to the U.S. economy and its efforts to combat terrorism.

10.   As a result of this brilliant maneuver by Washington bureaucrats, Larry Flesh has seen his funding cut by about eight million bucks.