1.   S.-imposed requirements, most having to do with eliminating programs, cutting staff and slashing budgets.

2.   And cut price holidays... council slashes tourism budget.

3.   Analysts said the urge to consolidate follows a trend in defense-related industries to wring economies of scale out of operations as major world powers slash defense budgets.

4.   At a time when budgets are being slashed in social services, why should the arts be immune?

5.   As studio execs see more daily footage, budgets are slashed, forcing the production to reduce the number of apostles to around eight.

6.   At every opportunity they slash its budget further.

7.   At a time when the Republican Congress is slashing budgets and talking about limiting foreign entanglements, the U.S. role in the Gulf has never been greater.

8.   A year later, the new Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher slashed the budget.

9.   Ad spending is up substantially, when other automakers are slashing ad budgets.

10.   All state-owned companies have seen their budgets slashed as the result of the latest austerity drive.