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Vance went on to echo Trump's belt-tightening talk from recent days.

The belt-tightening plan, effective immediately, comes just months after an internal financial planning task force said in November that USC’s $158-million budget deficit required various “cost containment measures.”

Preller’s freewheeling ways or continued belt-tightening remains to be seen.

Otherwise, the franchise that seemed to be hot on the heels of the Dodgers apparently has been distracted by ownership squabbles and belt-tightening.

It was the only category to see a decline from last year’s game, reflecting belt-tightening by entertainment companies.