61.   It should slash the cost of getting satellites into space, says Gary Hudson of the Rotary Rocket Company in Redwood City, Calif.

62.   It will put new pressure on existing carmakers like GM and Ford to slash costs and close inefficient plants.

63.   Johnson slashed costs and sold poorly performing units at Campbell, using some of the savings to promote its soups, Pepperidge Farm cookies and Godiva chocolates.

64.   Kmart has been slashing costs over the past year in efforts to lift profits.

65.   Like most bank mergers, NationsBank has moved to slash costs by closing branches and firing people in order to boost earnings.

66.   Mergers are being driven by the increasing pressure for companies to slash costs and bolster their drug pipelines as profit margins continue to thin.

67.   Mergers immediately increase revenue and provide opportunities to slash costs.

68.   NASA does have a program in place with the stated goal of slashing the cost of spaceflight by a factor of ten over the next decade.

69.   Novell will have to slash costs to maintain its profit margins as revenue falls, while simultaneously increasing marketing and product-development activities, Oltsik said.

70.   Now, however, several companies believe they can eliminate the paper, slash postage costs for billers and consumers and make a lot of money in the process.