21.   Accounting firms sometimes take a cut of the tax savings from the deals as their fee.

22.   After the Israelis take their cut, the rest of the gas would go by sea in liquid form to European markets.

23.   After the required amount of throwing, the pitchers actually got into the batting cage and took their cuts Monday.

24.   All four free agents signed this week by the Rangers, including pitchers Bob Tewksbury, Roger McDowell and Jeff Russell, had to take cuts from last season.

25.   All other departments had taken cuts, making it hard to justify the helicopters, he said.

26.   But after promoters and exhibitors took their cuts, there was little money left for the twins.

27.   But only one stuck around long enough to take a few cuts in the batting cage.

28.   But since these outfits take a cut from the owners, the owners inevitably end up charging more.

29.   But the process has accelerated dramatically over the last two years, since all employees were ordered to take pay cuts that included mandatory unpaid furloughs.