1.   He intimated that the economy, which needs to grow to generate tax revenues and plug deficits, was in good shape.

2.   The county should be building reserves in good times, not plugging deficits, the critics said.

3.   What is to be done to plug the deficit?

4.   Independent Gov. Lowell Weicker tried to pressure the Legislature into adopting an income tax to plug a deficit.

5.   Waigel told parliament the government will speed up the privatization of Deutsche Telekom and other enterprises to help plug deficits.