The first is a concession to irreversible economic trends, the second a concession to political and budgetary reality.

But Congress acquiesced in that shift, which, given the budgetary realities in Washington, was probably inevitable.

One side effect of such budgetary reality is that small-science proposals may receive more scrutiny than multibillion-dollar initiatives.

Behind the tensions between the city and state are harsh budgetary realities.

That dream is likely to crash in any event on budgetary and technical realities.

This is the year budgetary realities are colliding with planners' dreams.

A new Budget Office study reveals a widening gap between Pentagon aspirations and budgetary realities.

But, she added, she would not want to decide between cutting police officers or cutting education, if that is what budgetary realities came down to.

For some districts, budgetary realities prevent expanding educational programs.

Hard budgetary realities are upon us, to be sure.