21.   It is a mark of how popular the flat tax has become that think tanks are even holding debates on competing plans.

22.   Late Monday, the two parties filed competing plans to resolve a dispute over their profitable USA Networks venture.

23.   Notable among the lingering issues are competing plans to regulate managed health care programs.

24.   On Wednesday, Traver and others will begin reviewing the competing plans between Canyon Forest Village and Tusayan.

25.   On the Republican side, Bush and McCain have used strong words to contrast their competing plans for tax cuts.

26.   President Bill Clinton and the Republican-led Congress have been battling over competing plans to shrink the government and bring the federal budget into balance for months.

27.   Republican and administration officials are scheduled to resume negotiations Wednesday over their competing plans to achieve a balanced federal budget in seven years.

28.   Senators spent much of Thursday debating and voting on competing partisan plans to eliminate or modify the tax on assets left by the deceased.

29.   Shortly after he took over, he publicly butted heads with the Park Service over competing plans for a King exhibit in the historic district.

30.   Some consumer groups have supported a competing plan that appears likely to be debated now.