11.   Not only are raises smaller, but with output falling, hours have been cut.

12.   Schools cut their hours.

13.   She took a second mortgage on her Mesa house to pay off the cards and was making all her payments until her overtime hours were cut.

14.   That could mean cutting an hour off flights across the U.S., or about two hours on trans-Atlantic flights.

15.   The French government has tried to create jobs by granting tax relief to businesses that cut work hours and hire more employees, and this has provided some relief.

16.   The three affected chains have stayed open but cut their hours.

17.   These are in the Department of Environmental Protection, which decided to meet much of its payroll-reduction goal by cutting work hours.

18.   They fear their hours will be cut if they do.

19.   To make the productivity rate continue rising, however, the bank must continue cutting teller hours as it installs more ATMs.

20.   To help companies cut hours, the government is offering subsidies to pay for labor-saving technology or for the hiring of extra workers.