1.   An economic recession has squeezed cultural budgets and sharpened competition for funds in some countries.

2.   And nothing can squeeze a budget faster than eating every meal out.

3.   But the operating budget is so squeezed now that there is no room for more spending, unless the city raises taxes, which the mayor opposes.

4.   Clinton needs to make the point that effective governance of so rich, yet fragile a country is not just a matter of squeezing the budget.

5.   Not only will sponsors sell more products, but schools will get desperately needed technology at a time when education budgets are badly squeezed, founder Higgins said.

6.   Other Democrats complained Daniels was willing to squeeze the budget to alllow tax cuts for corporations, but not for spending on schools, roads or expanded health care.

7.   Some charters have no choice but to squeeze their budgets, he said, and cut elsewhere to take on a special needs student.

8.   That will squeeze municipal budgets at a time when cities and towns are collecting less revenue and paying more for stepped-up security costs.

9.   The city might better use the money to retire some of the debt that has been squeezing the budget for years.

10.   But the economic troubles brought with the onset of the Asian financial crisis last July have squeezed military budgets, stemming the increase in military might in the region.