31. Seeking to balance the books , a number of publicly owned services were privatized over the following years. 32. The federal budget deficit has been shrinking so rapidly in recent years that balancing the books now seems possible. 33. A corporate visionary on the verge of retirement decides he'd rather balance the books for his country. 34. Another step toward balancing the books , he said, should be for Congress to scale back government spending. 35. The money I earn goes toward the business of managing myself, and I like to balance the books . 36. Evidently his pricing problems of recent years did have some basis in needing to balance the books after all. 37. "This year, they borrowed against the future to balance the books and that's no plan. 38. In order to get close to balancing the books , we have to get rid of 10, 000 people, 39. In one year, a " fifth quarter " of tax revenue was added to balance the books . 40. This is the world's biggest thanks mainly to the government's persistent inability to balance the books .
