Discussing cuts in defense spending and Social Security - the two monster expenditures in the budget - is politically taboo.

Would one discuss cuts of meat or beef stew recipes with a group of cattle?

Together they discuss cuts, demonstrations and technology.

But Administration officials are already discussing deeper cuts.

The Soviet leader, in Poland for six days, proposed a meeting of European leaders to discuss such cuts.

When the Council's 34 Democratic members held a closed-door caucus Tuesday to discuss proposed cuts, the leadership handed out numbered lists to each member.

He said that in the end they agreed to work together to increase financing for the arts, and to discuss cuts to any particular program before they are made.

Neither the Mayor nor agency officials have agreed to discuss cuts or their impacts in detail.

Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said it was premature to discuss potential cuts.

The machinists have been reluctant to give concessions to United, but will discuss necessary cuts this week.