21.   Henry Schultzel testified that Coopers submitted its final bid, a sharp reduction from its previous bid, without information from Leckie.

22.   If implemented, this would make possible a sharp reduction in inflation later this year.

23.   In addition to a sharp reduction in employees, Priceline has reduced office space by almost two-thirds and postponed new business expansion indefinitely.

24.   In essence, this legislation prescribes sharp reduction in the limit on debt held by the public over the next decade, with two provisions for adjustment.

25.   In most cases states cut personal income taxes, but some also made sharp reductions in business taxes.

26.   It has been labeled a terrorist organization by Washington and faces a probable sharp reduction in Pakistani support.

27.   It would be hard, they said, for a shortage of relatively common components like diodes or monitors to cause such a sharp reduction in shipment plans.

28.   It notes upgrading of the two Fraser River treatment plants, and a sharp reduction in sewage overflows.

29.   Now Bristol-Myers is seeking sharp reductions in the payments it must make to ImClone and to take control of the process of approving the drug.

30.   One challenger for prime minister, Ichiro Ozawa, has gone the route of Bob Dole, advocating a sharp reduction in business and personal taxes.