1.   The public would become used to high employment financed by permanent deficits and would object to any attempt to cut the deficit by raising taxes.

2.   And cutting the deficit, after all, was the goal in playing chicken with the federal debt.

3.   And they did not challenge the concept of cutting the deficit.

4.   And the Mavericks had a chance to cut the deficit to three or four.

5.   And the government will find some other way to cut the deficit.

6.   Any suggestions Republicans in Congress and Clinton could reach agreement on cutting the deficit and balancing the budget is welcome on Wall Street.

7.   As a condition for IMF assistance Brazil has to cut its deficit almost in half this year.

8.   As a result, the robust economy has permitted Clinton to cut the deficit without causing undue pain to his most cherished programs.

9.   As Darman relates in a new memoir, Greenspan indicated that he would not cut interest rates unless the president and Congress agreed to cut the deficit.

10.   As growth slows, the government takes less money in taxes, making it harder to cut deficits without courting political unpopularity by cutting spending.