1.   Ashcroft thinks he can best serve Missourians by pursuing a balancing budget amendment, reducing the size of government and providing tax relief for families.

2.   Clinton defends Carlin as a manager with experience in balancing budgets.

3.   Indeed, some experts say cities are balancing budgets by cutting back on programs for low-income residents.

4.   Not to mention a hearty appetite for the drudge work -- balancing budgets, closing deficits, tidying up backstage tantrums -- far from the glitter of opening night.

5.   Questions have been widely asked about whether this long-wandering revolutionary has the disposition to concentrate on balancing budgets and picking up garbage.

6.   This newspaper has criticized her record of balancing budgets by relying on fiscal gimmicks, including raids on the state pension funds.

7.   Politically, he has a reputation as a decisive administrator capable of balancing budgets.

8.   The early black mayors ran for office knowing little about the nuts and bolts of the job, from fixing potholes to balancing budgets, Kourouma says.