1.   Already far leaner than GM, Ford and Chrysler cannot wring savings as easily from their operations.

2.   Analysts were generally dazzled by the deal because Worldcom promised to wring huge savings from the two companies.

3.   And executives said they could wring cost savings from the conglomerate by combining operations that customers would not notice.

4.   According to people involved in the negotiations, the governor is seeking to wring some savings for the state by restraining its fast-growing Medicaid program.

5.   Clinton aims to wring those savings by squeezing future payments to hospitals, doctors, nursing homes, home health providers and health maintenance organizations.

6.   Everyone is trying to make their businesses more global, build brands that can command premium prices and wring savings from the distribution system.

7.   Executives must placate regulators and wring savings out of the combined companies to meet the demands of Wall Street.