11.   French bonds fell Friday as speculation about the snap elections raised concern that government turmoil could stall budget deficit reduction plans.

12.   Gingrich is refusing to raise the debt ceiling until Clinton assents to a seven-year deficit reduction plan.

13.   He and a Japanese official said the preliminary base reduction plan was not likely to change much by the time the final plan was issued in November.

14.   He said the leaders of all departments with military units had raised objections to the reduction plans disclosed by Sergeyev.

15.   Hearings start this month on the Dallas and Houston pollution reduction plans.

16.   I want to comment not so much on the details of the Bush tax reduction plan as on aspects of the economic philosophy behind its size.

17.   Indeed, there were already powerful forces reshaping the economy before the deficit reduction plan passed.

18.   It is the latest move in a debt reduction plan initiated by the company in hopes of bouying its slumping share price.

19.   Labor unions said they would reject a cost reduction plan similar to one voted down earlier this month.

20.   Many analysts expect the Fed to leave rates unchanged, at least until Republicans in Congress agree with President Bill Clinton on a credible budget deficit reduction plan.