31.   Officials decided not to eliminate subsidies on electricity, a move that was dreaded by business.

32.   Other European carriers are also trying to reduce costs, as national barriers to competition are being dismantled and the possibility grows that government subsidies will be eliminated.

33.   Other European carriers are also trying to reduce costs as national barriers to competition are being dismantled and the possibility grows that government subsidies will be eliminated.

34.   Over the next several months, however, the two sides worked out a compromise that reduced but did not eliminate the subsidies.

35.   Petrobras also rose on speculation the government may eliminate a subsidy for ethanol that the oil company pays, Rener said.

36.   Proponents of the initiative say it will save California millions of dollars by eliminating subsidies for noncitizens.

37.   Several longtime farm lobbyists said farmers around the country were spreading the word that Veneman wanted to eliminate subsidies entirely.

38.   Soon after House Speaker Newt Gingrich called Thursday for eliminating federal subsidies to the arts, a bipartisan coalition followed him to the microphones to announce a counteroffensive.

39.   Some state subsidies will be eliminated, and corporate income taxes will be lowered.

40.   That involves everything from privatizing inefficient public enterprises to eliminating consumer subsidies to nourishing honest, competitive banking.