31.   But Democrats hammered away at their theme that the tax cuts would come at the expense of Medicare and other domestic programs.

32.   But he also has said that tax cuts should come after Social Security, Medicare and national defense needs are addressed.

33.   But hardly anyone agrees on where those cuts should come.

34.   But Kerry shot back that Republican-sponsored tax cuts come at the expense of working people.

35.   But tax cuts inevitably come at a cost.

36.   But the latest cuts come at a time of unusual turmoil inside Goldman.

37.   But the labor cuts come when everyone from Kmart to Saks Fifth Avenue is suddenly adding extra hours in a last-ditch effort to save a dismal season.

38.   Concerns that interest rate cuts globally are coming to an end also drove European bonds down yesterday.

39.   Clinton is expected to urge offsetting that spending with cuts in defense spending, while Republicans will want the cuts to come out of non-defense programs.

40.   Cortines said the other cuts would come from the central bureaucracy, though he said he does not yet know how.