1.   Sharp cuts in its prices in the autumn doubled its Market share, but lowered profits.

2.   Almost certainly, they would include steep new taxes and sharp cuts in benefits for affluent retirees.

3.   And they suspect that cost-cutting innovations like Senior Care may be the best way to save Medicare without sharp cuts in benefits or huge increases in premiums.

4.   Automakers sharp cuts may cause a ripple effect throughout the Brazilian economy.

5.   A separate Labor Department report showed a sharp cut in first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week, suggesting the extremely tight labor market continued into summer.

6.   After forecasting brighter results just weeks ago, Ericsson and WorldCom were hammered by Wall Street for sharp cuts in their financial guidance.

7.   But improvements in the design and a sharp cut in price soon made the diapers a mainstay in many households.

8.   But she proceeded to tick off her objections to limits on abortion counseling, sharp cuts in welfare benefits and the advocacy of school prayer.

9.   But there would be sharp cuts in payments for Medicare HMO patients in high-cost markets like New York, Miami, Chicago and Los Angeles.

10.   By far the biggest cut in the new budget is for international peacekeeping, an area that Republicans in Congress have singled out for sharp cuts.