Or, all projects will grind forward with sharply reduced financing.

He assured a small group of listeners that the candidate would help "get that budget under control" without reducing financing for academic scholarships and environmental programs.

Under Mr. Aspin, the House committee has pushed unsuccessfully in the last several years to severely reduce financing of the B-2.

Mrs. Clinton, in describing the Medicare proposal, repeated a frequent Democratic contention: that the Republicans wanted to sharply reduce financing.

Mr. Bodaken said universal coverage would generate savings through expanded preventive care, earlier treatment, reduced use of emergency rooms and better financing for hospitals, doctors and insurers.

Gov. Bill Graves proposed budget cuts of nearly 10 percent, or $426 million, reducing financing for schools, canceling highway construction projects and cutting Medicaid benefits.

Mr. Tomlinson, meanwhile, has said that the perception that the stations are not balanced could prompt the Republican-controlled Congress to significantly reduce financing.

Mergers and acquisitions have also reduced corporate financing, as has an emphasis on using corporate philanthropy more strategically to promote business.

The Mousonturm's Ms. Aschmies, and most other cultural administrators in Frankfurt, object to what they call "the lawn mower principle" of reducing financing.

I think the possibility of raising the level of investment cofinancing from 75% to 80% while, at the same time, reducing financing for the remote regions is also important.