21.   Are we forming alliances and cutting corners that will make us proud tomorrow?

22.   Armond Cohen, a lawyer with the Conservation Law Foundation in Boston, worried that utilities would cut corners on conservation to make up for lost profits.

23.   As profit margins get squeezed, the temptation to cut corners or ignore agreements becomes too appealing.

24.   AST cuts its corners by offering smaller hard drives, older processors and a minimum amount of memory.

25.   Board members, too, questioned whether the company was cutting corners to beef up its bottom line.

26.   Bosses might not spell it out for you, but that often means you will have to cut corners.

27.   Bowden began cutting corners in late July, when he traded veteran pitcher John Smiley and utility player Jeff Branson to Cleveland for four prospects.

28.   ----- Thankfully, the world is not black and white, and even magazines that might cut a corner or two still offer some gems of writing and storytelling.

29.   A co-worker, Pravin Ruktasiri, said he had cut every corner he could think of.

30.   A sweeping investigation determined that NASA had mismanaged and underfunded the effort, cutting corners in pre-launch testing of the spacecraft and the training of its ground personnel.