1.   Amtrak board members decided on the cuts during a closed meeting Tuesday.

2.   All outside travel by prison teams was eliminated when Miller compelled state agencies to make budget cuts during a financial crisis early this decade.

3.   Bush first proposed the tax cut during the Republican caucuses in Iowa, the first political contest that propelled him to the presidency.

4.   But Clinton was also employing a strategem to prevent Republicans from passing large tax cuts during a time of surpluses.

5.   But the aides said Pataki could support the utility tax cut during budget negotiations with legislative leaders, provided they find savings to make it possible.

6.   Clinton did not initiate a tax cut during his first two years because his top priority was to shrink the deficit.

7.   Chilean stocks slid as higher-than-expected inflation in January damped hopes of an interest rate cut during the first quarter.

8.   Dole campaign officials have also predicted that Clinton himself will propose some sort of tax cuts during his convention to keep things interesting.

9.   Financial services, retailing, industrial products and computers were at the top of the list of businesses announcing job cuts during October, the survey showed.

10.   He saved the federal food stamps program from deep cuts during the Reagan administration.