51.   This year, for the first time, Pataki did not propose serious cuts in health care.

52.   To meet their budget priorities, the GOP leaders will have to propose cuts in popular federal programs.

53.   While proposing cuts in discretionary programs, Bush had less to say about the entitlement programs.

54.   A petition proposing the cut was circulated among legislators on Wednesday, the newspaper said.

55.   A tax cut also was proposed for liquor, despite the pro-temperance stance of Christian Democratic Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, a Lutheran clergyman.

56.   EU Fisheries Commissioner Emma Bonino proposed the cuts, claiming overfishing was devastating stocks of important food species like haddock, hake, cod and sardine.

57.   Premier proposes cuts in welfare.

58.   Putin on Monday had proposed deeper cuts in strategic arms than current U.S.-Russia arms accords would provide, although he did not give specific numbers.

59.   Republicans have proposed massive cuts in the U.S. contribution to the United Nations.

60.   Sinha had also proposed a cut in subsidies on cooking gas and kerosene, a decision that also did not go down well.