1.   Already, he said, some utilities have begun scaling back programs to make plants and office buildings more energy-efficient.

2.   But as the program was scaled back, these technologies were left out in the cold.

3.   But the Pentagon study into alternatives is intended to provide him a range of options should he decide to scale the program back, defense officials said.

4.   That program has been scaled back because of a lack of money in recent years.

5.   The environmental groups are threatening to sue if the program is not significantly scaled back and if its broad ecological effects are not fully studied.

6.   Thirty-three percent of whites want these programs scaled back.

7.   But the program was scaled back because of limited vaccine supplies.