11.   A sharp reduction in Israeli work permits would be economically devastating for the Palestinians.

12.   A sharp reduction in health care inflation and in the rate of growth of Medicaid makes these and other proposals look financially feasible.

13.   But because of a sharp reduction in herds in recent years, the dangers posed by grazing may be abating.

14.   But he also faces sharp reductions in the number of long-range nuclear weapons capable of reaching the United States.

15.   But doctors, especially if they are still owed money from claims they say are lost or have been mishandled, may not react well to any sharp reduction.

16.   But for Indiana this figure will be much lower because of the credit it gets for having already made sharp reductions in its rolls.

17.   But inflation has been so low for so long that analysts have said that a sharp reduction appears to be justified.

18.   Clinton aides fault Dole, the former Senate majority leader, for favoring sharp reductions in anti-drug education, treatment and law-enforcement programs.

19.   Dole said he believes there should be sharp reductions in taxes, tax rules and regulations.

20.   He played a large part last year in stopping efforts in Congress to make sharp reductions in legal immigration.