51.   It urged the government to cut spending and tighten cash flow in order to protect the economy.

52.   Legislators are to vote on long-delayed reforms to cut spending and raise revenue.

53.   Prodi has been fighting to cut public spending, but hard-line Communist coalition allies oppose deep cuts in social spending.

54.   Russia also plans to tighten control over state institutions and eliminate redundant structures to cut spending on the government, Kiriyenko said Thursday.

55.   The EU agriculture ministers have been meeting daily since last Monday to see how they can cut agricultural spending, but to no avail.

56.   The emergency plan was expected to include measures to speed up the privatization of state-owned companies and steps to cut spending.

57.   The government has been under pressure to cut spending and reform an economy nearly strangled by five decades of socialist policies.

58.   The International Monetary Fund, whose loans the government needs, has urged Romania to cut defense spending.

59.   Expectations that the government will cut spending and reduce the underlying deficit have led economists to predict the market will rally on Tuesday.

60.   Major also said in his speech that Britain must cut public spending and taxation, in order to compete effectively with the emerging Asian economic powerhouses.