61.   Also helping fuel expectations for a fifth rate cut is a rebound in the dollar.

62.   Although reports today suggest tax cuts are possible, Finance Ministry officials have in the past rejected both options.

63.   Also, more job cuts could be in the works and another executive quits.

64.   Although budget spending cuts would be positive for gilts, expectations of lower interest rates have been the driving force behind the latest gilt rally.

65.   Although polls show no widespread popular support for tax cuts, the Bush plan is aimed at conservative Republicans for whom tax cuts are a mantra.

66.   Although the district will receive more money this school year from the state, deep cuts are necessary to make up for the salary increases, Ackerman said.

67.   Although the TA says that its service cuts were peripheral, many New Yorkers are convinced that they have to wait longer for trains that are dirtier.

68.   Among those being studied, aides to Clinton said, were possible cuts in crime-prevention programs criticized by Republicans but favored by most Democrats.

69.   Americans are receptive to his argument that a tax cut is in order because otherwise Congress would spend the surplus recklessly.

70.   An IBM spokesman said the job cuts were the result of a routine skills evaluation.