21.   When he addressed a travel industry gathering in March he praised the industry but reaffirmed Republican determination to cut spending.

22.   But reforms to cut spending bogged down in Congress while Cardoso spent precious time pushing through a constitutional amendment allowing his own re-election.

23.   Telecommunications equipment makers have been hard hit as debt-burdened operators cut spending because of disappointing results from new technology and sluggish economies.

24.   The government is trying to cut back spending, following a demand by President Boris Yeltsin Wednesday to make the draft budget more realistic.

25.   The IMF has generally urged Russia to cut spending, improve tax collection and change its banking system and bankruptcy laws.

26.   The pledge to address the deficit is likely to reassure financial markets but means the government will have to cut back spending and raise taxes, at least temporarily.

27.   They need to lift taxes, cut spending, pare back regulation and stamp out corruption.

28.   While the Government now has to cut spending, this will not affect poverty alleviation, health and education programmes.

29.   French Budget Minister Alain Lamassoure announced in Le Figaro daily Tuesday details of a five-year plan to cut public spending and ease the tax burden on citizens.

30.   It includes proposals to protect affirmative action, cut defense spending, reduce corporate tax breaks and slash government waste in areas other than social programs.