1.   A vicious price war between manufacturers has cut margins to the bone.

2.   And for all its size and heft, AutoNation has found that it cannot simply cut margins and try to sell as many cars as possible.

3.   But Jacobs warned that, if the business did pick up quickly, more companies could pour into it and cut margins.

4.   By then, the game was a lost cause, and the Yankees were simply cutting their margin of defeat from eight runs to four.

5.   Competition is leading some companies to cut margins rather than to risk losing customers by charging more for their products.

6.   Competition and cheap imports from depressed Asian economies are leading some companies to cut margins rather than to risk loosing customers by charging more for their products.

7.   Competition is leading some companies to cut margins rather than to risk loosing customers by charging more for their products.

8.   Eddie Taubensee hit a sacrifice fly to cut the margin to a run, but Powell ended the inning with a called third strike on Mike Cameron.

9.   Five times in the game Orlando built double-digit leads only to see New York cut the margin to single digits.

10.   Farmers had to lay more plant feed and pesticides as well as irrigate more to save what crops they could, cutting margins further.