1.   For McVeigh and others involved in the far-right fringe, three events had confirmed their view of a runaway government out to take their guns.

2.   Secretary of Treasury Robert Rubin, who enjoys great credibility among the Wall Street gurus who are concerned about runaway government spending, leads the fight against an amendment.

3.   We can talk about the runaway federal government till the cows come home.

4.   Bush said his budget plan was responsible, a matter of fairness and a battle to brake runaway government spending.

5.   But the lending agency has said the government of President Eduardo Duhalde must first halt runaway government spending.

6.   His plan to rein in runaway government spending on public-works projects has drawn little support in a party with a long tradition of pork-barrel spending.

7.   In Beaver, Pa., he said the plan was responsible, a matter of fairness and a battle to brake runaway government spending.