31.   Companies that hired the firms in past years are reluctant to spend as much now, industry officials say.

32.   Cummings spent as much time as possible away from her small wooden house in a rough neighborhood.

33.   Cut the time you spend as the family cook by taking advantage of the healthful convenience foods now available in most supermarkets.

34.   Consumer spending was healthy in the first quarter of this year, raising expectations private demand would replace public spending as the catalyst of economic growth.

35.   Danson and Steenburgen live in Los Angeles, where each tries to spend as much time as possible with their children from previous marriages.

36.   Dole was once one of the critics of those like Kemp who advocated lower taxes and spending as a means of boosting economic growth.

37.   Economists say prices have been reduced in response to a sharp decline in consumer spending as economic activity contracted in the second and third quarters.

38.   Even so, it is doubtful that the boys spent quite as much prep time for that Saturday night social as the girls did.

39.   Experts said his campaign had to have spent at least as much in February as in January.

40.   Figuring he had a few more seasons to spend as a backup, he admits the trade caught him by surprise.