He predicted major cuts in spending for at least two weeks.

The administration official said the Mayor had not made a final decision on another major cut: $16 million for increasing security at schools.

Employees reported that major cuts were made in payroll hours.

With the end of the cold war, everyone agrees that there's going to be major cuts.

"These companies will be looking for efficiencies, but I don't see major cuts in research and development."

The major cuts still would come from social, labor, education and veterans' programs.

The major cut in the Federal payroll for 1.6 million workers will probably come through privatization.

But eventually there must be either a large tax increase or major cuts in popular programs.

For the moment, the county government has not made any major cuts in service.

Without major cuts in those areas, he added, a "15-month plan is incomplete and would put off our problem until another day."