1.   Because bond insurance helps municipalities trim borrowing costs, it has become increasingly popular nationwide.

2.   By trimming costs and improving service the hotel has now started to make a profit again.

3.   American companies looked at ways they could trim these costs.

4.   Neither patients or doctors have any incentive to use purchaser power to trim costs.

5.   Analyst Frank Gristina at Robinson-Humphrey said EarthLink has trimmed costs and cut customer defections.

6.   And it has just embarked on a sweeping three-year program to trim costs and revitalize its product line.

7.   As companies try to trim costs by cutting the dues they pay to multiple trade groups, the number of tech lobbyists on K Street may shrink dramatically.

8.   As many HMOs ratcheted down payments for procedures, many hospitals trimmed labor costs.

9.   At the same time, the ongoing restructuring of Raytheon, which began when Burnham took the helm last October, has revealed still more ways to trim costs.

10.   Attempts to trim costs, though, appear as unattainable as ever.