1.   After several warnings, all of which were ignored, local power officials cut the juice.

2.   Even without new tax cuts, state spending often lags private spending because government officials rarely cut their budgets quickly.

3.   Fed officials cut rates when recession seems a greater risk than an overheating economy that spurs inflation.

4.   In Stuttgart, home of Daimler-Benz, struggling church officials have drastically cut money for social programs and international aid.

5.   Its development is proving unusually hard, even after Pentagon officials cut the number of decoys in flight tests from nine to one.

6.   Officials in Beijing urged calm and expressed regret that a Chinese official cut short a visit to Taiwan last week when the news was reported there.

7.   Once in jail, he said officials cut shells out of his dreadlocks and made disparaging remarks.

8.   School officials cut spending, and tried to get more state aid, so far unsuccessfully.

9.   Taliban officials cut power across the city to confuse American pilots, Ahmad said.

10.   Under the agreement with House Republicans, state officials could cut or eliminate food assistance and cash welfare benefits for adults who refused to work.