31.   As Congress debates salvaging the Medicare and Medicaid programs, Tennessee hospitals prepare for pending cuts to a large section of their revenue.

32.   Ashcroft justified the cut to Daniels by saying that states had been slow to develop the statewide plans needed to qualify for federal money.

33.   At a meeting to announce budget cuts to the obstetrics department a year ago, it was Reinertsen who was admonished.

34.   At his news conference Tuesday, Brown complained of proposed Republican cuts to the drug-free schools and treatment programs.

35.   At the very least, the committee should restrict the tax cut to assets that investors buy in the future.

36.   Because the city is required to match state spending on welfare and Medicaid, state cuts to both programs will help the city save money.

37.   Because there was never enough of either cut to display, butchers would take them home for family meals.

38.   Bentsen also questioned why the Republicans would even propose a cut to NASA funding when Clinton has promised to veto any bill containing reductions in the agency budget.

39.   Black suffered a minor cut to the lower lip and a front chipped tooth.

40.   Board member Valerie Fields said cuts to the textbook and reading funds were particularly bothersome.