1.   As the stocks rose instead, they rushed to cut their losses by buying the stocks now, pushing them up still further.

2.   But industry analysts and bank advisers said banking executives were not rushing to cut deals like the huge marriages of other financial services giants completed in the last year.

3.   So, already suffering from recession at home, Japan rushed to cut its exposure.

4.   The argument that states will rush to cut tax-supported benefits to their citizens was always used to keep assistance programs in Washington, D.C.

5.   When the wind starts gusting and power surges into the system, utilities must rush to cut production from other power generators to keep voltage constant.

6.   Observers said Brazilians feeling the aftershocks of the Mexican crisis rushed to cut their losses selling off their stocks.

7.   They rushed to cut subsidies, slash trade tariffs and hold social spending to a bare, almost cruel minimum.

8.   They rushed to cut subsidies, slash trade tariffs and hold social spending to a bare minimum.