41.   But cotton and rice farmers, and the members of Congress who represent them, have opposed the plan.

42.   But David LeVan, chairman of Conrail, and its directors have bitterly opposed any plan that would obliterate their company.

43.   But Greenspan opposes a plan to pull oil out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to manipulate prices downward.

44.   But Harold Washington, who was mayor then, bitterly opposed the plan and kept the agency under local control.

45.   But he said he still opposes the plan.

46.   But he opposed a plan to hand the studios over to trade union control and soon resigned his position.

47.   But Laurence Petersen, the Executive Officer of the Montana Department of Livestock, said his office opposed the plan.

48.   But local governments oppose the plan, because they have to pay some of the compensation.

49.   But Joni Bosh of Phoenix, a former Sierra Club national board member, has plenty of reasons for opposing the plan.

50.   But Mahuad had threatened to fire any central bank official who opposed the plan, and it remained unclear Tuesday exactly how the plan would work.