51.   Other newspaper publishers have also announced staff reductions recently in response to the steep advertising slump.

52.   Others function irregularly due to electricity cuts, fuel shortages, staff reductions and lack of drugs.

53.   Overby blamed the staff reductions and office closings on the downturn in the stock market.

54.   A spokesman for the major Japanese automaker said that the staff reduction will be done through cutting new hirings without resorting to layoffs.

55.   Also announcing staff reductions were major supermarket operators and department stores that have suffered as frugal consumers stayed away, the Nikkei said.

56.   Already, teachers, students and families have been complaining of increasingly crowded classrooms because of staff reductions.

57.   Among the measures are staff reduction, improvement in product quality, tightening of financial controls and general decentralization of management to focus on regions, not headquarters.

58.   And WorldCom reportedly will announce a major staff reduction in the coming weeks.

59.   But failure to deliver on the arrears will make it difficult for Annan and his U.S. supporters to win General Assembly approval for such measures as staff reductions.

60.   Cardoso also promised sharp spending cuts, staff reductions, office closings and an accelerated battle against corruption and administrative waste.