11.   Because the government representatives on the panel would not go along, the business representatives refused to support their plan for a new national system for collecting sales taxes.

12.   Bema Gold Corp. said a preliminary economic study supports its plan to develop the Cerro Casale gold and copper property in Chile into an open-pit mine.

13.   Beverly, his third wife, and his three children all support his plans, he said.

14.   Both Republican presidential candidate Gov. George W. Bush and Democratic hopeful Albert Gore have supported overhaul plans although neither has foresworn soft money.

15.   Both support plans to abandon the German mark for the euro, the new European currency.

16.   Boucher did indicate, however, that the administration supported the plan in principle.

17.   - Supported a plan to stimulate the economy by declaring a December moratorium on the collection of Social Security taxes.

18.   A handful of residents showed up to support the plan.

19.   A majority of Democrats, Republicans and African-Americans supported the plans despite complaints that no new black-majority districts were created in the Senate.

20.   A spokesman said the governor would support that plan as well.