51.   The platform goes further than Dole has in suggesting spending cuts, calling for elimination of the federal Energy, Education, Commerce and Housing and Urban Development departments.

52.   The resolution is likely to include across the board spending cuts instead of the program-by-program hit list the Republicans wanted, McCurry said.

53.   The Supreme Court, which earlier stopped a vote of key social security spending cuts, is expected to reverse its decision next week, traders said.

54.   The stopgap measure is likely to include across the board spending cuts instead of the program-by-program hit list the Republicans wanted, McCurry said.

55.   They have said all along that they would compensate for the lost revenue with spending cuts but had not said how.

56.   They urged Dole to keep these Medicaid provisions, and also the lower spending cuts for student loans and the EITC in the final bill.

57.   Though education is an area on which the parties have tended to cooperate, issues involving social policy and spending cuts are likely to produce strong debates.

58.   While most military contractors are looking for ways to scale back in the face of Pentagon spending cuts, Loral Corp. is avidly pursuing growth.

59.   Without measures to revitalize the economy, analysts say, government spending cuts will be of little use in cutting the deficit if tax receipts decline.

60.   About eight million salmon were released early because of U.S. spending cuts, Berry said.