1.   The Soviets were also initiating an economic assistance program for selected Third World countries.

2.   Although Medicare premium deductions are set when people enroll at their Social Security office, they must apply for the assistance programs at state welfare and Medicaid offices.

3.   Also troubled is Dr. J. William Doyle, a University of Florida ophthalmologist who has studied company assistance programs and found them often inaccessible to patients.

4.   American wheat farmers have contended for years that Canada subsidizes its wheat farmers with a government marketing assistance program and low railroad freight rates.

5.   An obscure, eight-year-old government assistance program for minority farmers appears headed for elimination, provoking wonder and fear people.

6.   And Congress is already moving toward a block grant approach with the basic cash assistance program for the poor, Aid to Families With Dependent Children.

7.   An intensive program to train officers and troops in Iran will make it even more difficult for the Pentagon to carry out an assistance program, NATO officials said.

8.   And third, Mr. President, this amendment also makes technical changes to the medical assistance facility program, a new hospital program contained in the underlying bill.

9.   As a counselor with the Mid-Iowa energy assistance program, she helps low-income families apply for federal aid.

10.   As with other aspects of the proposal, commodity assistance programs would be targeted to poorer countries exhibiting the greatest enthusiasm for market reforms.