1.   He was complaining that the Republicans are trying to deny college educations to thousands of state university students by imposing expense cuts and tuition hikes.

2.   Jerome York, the chief financial officer, indicated in a telephone interview how the company had been able to move ahead of plans on expense cuts.

3.   Seattle-based Washington Mutual is willing to fall short on expense cuts to keep customers, Longbrake said.

4.   Some of the expense cuts and changes afoot appear to be spearheaded by Logue.

5.   The expense cuts and job reductions were completed this quarter, Fuld said.

6.   The profit reflected substantial expense cuts and came despite a decline in revenue.