Then the city's fiscal crisis forced severe cutbacks in that division, and the custodians were not asked to pick up the load.

A17 Enormous deficits in network news departments have forced cutbacks in television coverage.

Moreover, the fiscal crisis in many states has forced cutbacks in their health programs.

But they did not come back, forcing cutbacks in staff and hours.

"People want to get well in a world where costs and an obsession with high technology are forcing cutbacks in conventional medicine."

"The costs are so incredibly high that they have literally forced cutbacks in the system, like in the parks department, youth programs."

As Asia bought less oil, steel and other basic goods, their prices fell to punishing levels, forcing cutbacks.

In others, the private money that helped get special programs off the ground dried up, forcing cutbacks.

This loss of property and sales tax revenue will eventually force cutbacks in government services.

The city's faltering economy has forced cutbacks at a time when promising reforms like school-based management were just starting to take hold.