31.   Banks need to borrow cash to balance their books as the end of the year approaches.

32.   Beyond balancing its books, a country must decide how to link its economy to the outside world.

33.   A. Much like any household, the federal government must balance its books each year.

34.   Affirmative action helps balance the books.

35.   After seven lessons, can Schroff, the accountant, balance the books on disk?

36.   All these problems leave the state budget deeply in the hole with no sign of where the money will come from to balance the books.

37.   Budget monitors argue that the state is relying more heavily than ever on one volatile industry, the investment business, to balance its books.

38.   But even the Cuomo administration never balanced its books with a one-time-only infusion of money this size.

39.   But the state comptroller Thursday reported that according to the stricter accounting standards used in the private sector, the commonwealth only truly balanced its books this year.

40.   By law, the district must balance its books four consecutive years before the board can be shut down.