1.   And while conceding that his own struggle against the federal budget accord may be doomed from the start, he nonetheless swore to continue it.

2.   Any budget accord doubtless will include tax cuts.

3.   Bonds could even gain if investors and traders saw that a default was moving the country faster toward a budget accord, he said.

4.   A budget accord which cuts the deficit would increase confidence in U.S. assets and generate demand for dollars.

5.   A budget accord would also help the U.S. government in the next two weeks.

6.   A Clinton spokesman today said the president plans to visit U.S. troops in Bosnia this weekend even with no budget accord.

7.   A possible source of strength for the U.S. currency could be progress in striking a balanced budget accord, analysts said.

8.   A last-minute bipartisan budget accord in Nassau County, New York, has averted the embarrassment of a New York state takeover of county finances.

9.   After dashing hopes for a budget accord earlier, the president now is planning to jump start the negotiating process.

10.   But many legislators, particularly Republicans, say they believe that having a stronger economy that produces unanticipated revenues will make it easier to reach a timely budget accord.