71. An income tax cut is likely, too, but smaller and more targeted than the one passed last year and vetoed by Clinton. 72. Analyst Daniel Kunstler of J.P. Morgan Securities agreed with an H-P spokeswoman that the cuts were an attempt to keep the company competitive with rivals. 73. Analysts doubt there will be another cut this year. 74. Among voters, tax cuts are a significantly higher priority for Republicans than for Democrats and independents. 75. Analysts said the cuts were the kind of aggressive moves that Compaq needed to undertake if it was to return to profitability. 76. Analysts said while the expected U.K. cut is unlikely to have am immediate effect on the British economy, it raised expectations there will be more cuts next year. 77. Among the players cut yesterday was seventh-round draft pick Ryan Wood, who became expendable when the Cowboys signed running back Herschel Walker. 78. An interest rate cut is likely to be announced soon. 79. An interest rate cut is good news, right? 80. And concentrated rate cuts are extra-bullish. |