71.   Also being considered are mandatory education or job training and a ban on increased payments to those bearing more children.

72.   Already, the international arm of the U.S. wireless carrier Nextel Communications has missed a debt payment to banks, mainly as a result of the Argentine economic crisis.

73.   Although the federal law sets a lifetime limit of five years on welfare payments to any family, states may set stricter limits.

74.   Although no amount has been set, he said, the lawsuit could result in millions of dollars in back payments to employees.

75.   Among them was a provision barring permits for those in arrears on taxes or payments to any political subdivision or any state agency or subdivision.

76.   Among these are how deeply to cut future Medicare payments to HMOs such as PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. and Humana Inc.

77.   American officials have criticized economic sanctions that Israel imposed after the bombing, especially a suspension of tax and customs payments to the Palestinian Authority.

78.   Americans may dread paying taxes, but they expect services, from Social Security payments to timely weather forecasts to safe flights managed by air-traffic controllers.

79.   Among other things, the ledgers showed payments to Symington from family trusts, about which prosecutors assert he misled lenders.

80.   An annuity guarantees a fixed or variable payment to a customer at some future time, usually retirement.