1.   Bloated budgets have also been a burden.

2.   But with a bloated budget deficit, the federal government has already begun to tighten its belt.

3.   But Vice President Dick Cheney said over the weekend the president would not hesitate to reject a bloated budget sent to him by Congress.

4.   He has the cool economy of his characters, scorning the traditional excesses of Hollywood -- from illegal drugs to bloated budgets to warped egos.

5.   He has reduced a bloated budget deficit and curbed inflation.

6.   Not even a brief stint with the Department of Defense, a place not unfamiliar with bloated budgets, had prepared him for the scope of the apparent mismanagement.

7.   The film appears unlikely to make its bloated budget back during its theatrical run, which would at least spare us from a sequel.

8.   The Germans and the French are struggling with sluggish growth and bloated budgets.

9.   Hoping to prune a bloated budget deficit, President Jamil Mahuad is battling powerful unions to enact tough reforms.

10.   If TV is always this riveting, who needs overblown movies with bloated budgets?