31.   A congressional panel delayed a vote on government plan to scrap lifetime job guarantees for public workers until next week, out of concern the measure might pass.

32.   A controversial and expensive government plan would further fortify the borders, but critics argue that the proposal is senseless.

33.   A government plan to boost land sales could also help banks sell off land held as collateral for bad loans.

34.   A delay in government plans for the economy would put these investors in the wrong position, he said.

35.   A government plan to boost land sales also could help banks sell off land held as collateral for bad loans.

36.   A Japanese government plan to boost land sales may fail in its goal to help banks write off trillions of yen in bad loans, analysts said.

37.   A new government plan means long-distance phone costs for many Americans may fall.

38.   A separate government plan to lift the ban on hostile domestic takeovers would strengthen such a trend.

39.   Brazilian stocks rose, as investors speculated about government plans that may boost the value of shares in state phone companies.

40.   But Microsoft lawyers made clear when Jackson proposed his fast-track timetable in April that the company could not agree until it had seen the government plan.