1.   He had proceeded with stripping away price supports on basic services, privatizing state assets, trimming the government work force and dismantling labor protection laws.

2.   One of the few conservatives in power in Europe, Aznar successfully guided Spain into the European monetary union and set about privatizing state assets and lowering taxes.

3.   See says the competition is unfair, especially from a government whose policy is to privatize state assets.

4.   Labor unions staged demonstrations in several major centers Thursday, stepping up pressure on the South African government to abandon its plans to privatize state assets.

5.   Sale of airport leases continues a government trend to privatize assets, and contract out what the government regards as activities not central to its operation.

6.   The country had achieved macro-economic stability and made great strides in privatizing state assets, he said.

7.   The World Bank is pressing Kuwait to privatize its assets to help relieve its chronic budget deficit.