11.   A Washington police sergeant, Marty Pfeifer, said the cuts would hurt the Border Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the prison system.

12.   Broyd believes a rate cut would hurt the dollar.

13.   But AIDS advocates said the cuts would severely hurt many people with the virus.

14.   But economists said that while the job cuts will hurt, Los Angeles is better equipped to absorb the blow than in recent years.

15.   But job cuts could hurt the company by bruising employee morale, analysts warned.

16.   But she said she is worried state budget cuts will hurt any efforts to reform health care.

17.   Casey said he had grown weary of trying to persuade parents and politicians alike that such cuts would hurt.

18.   City Councilwoman Ronnie M. Eldridge, who represents the West Side of Manhattan, said the cuts would hurt virtually everyone.

19.   Council members also knew a rate cut could hurt the bond market, which feeds off speculation.

20.   David Nemtzow, president of the Alliance to Save Energy, said the proposed cuts will hurt consumers in a time when they cannot afford it.