So just to keep total spending constant, other bits of spending are being cut.
Pravachol never helped triglycerides, but did keep total cholesterol levels in check until a reaction to that drug forced discontinuance.
Its business-to-business portfolio, which includes events, information and the RMS division, helped keep total revenues stable at £1.9bn.
Whiffs of graffiti art street smarts and the irreverence of Cologne painters like Michael Krebber and Albert Oehlen keep total regression at bay.
Digital sales helped Future UK keep total circulation revenues flat, as sales of printed copies fell 7% in the year to 30 September.
Also at issue was how to trim more than $4 billion from the various spending bills, to keep total discretionary spending to $785 billion next year.
Two years later, tabloid culture isn't what it used to be, and MTV executives are scrambling to keep "Total Request Live" from slipping in the ratings.
Merck had previously weathered generic competition to its blockbusters, usually managing to keep total sales about the same level as before big patent expirations.
The I.P.C.C. estimates that to keep total warming to two degrees Celsius, which has become a benchmark by international consensus, we must generate less than a trillion metric tons of carbon-dioxide emissions in total.
Their strategy appears to be based on the assumption that reaching the debt ceiling would, as a matter of course, require the president to cut spending in order to keep total borrowing under the statutory limit.
The struggle for House Republicans on Wednesday was to keep total discretionary spending, which includes the Pentagon budget, at $873 billion for 2007 while satisfying demands from Republican moderates for an extra $3 billion on health and education programs.
