1.   He predicted an agreement would be reached that satisfied New Valley, the agency and pension fund recipients.

2.   In Alabama, Louisiana and Oregon voters will decide who qualifies as fund recipients and how much they will be paid.

3.   The imbalance stems from the diminishing number of workers whose payroll taxes fund current Social Security recipients.

4.   The aim, according to EU officials, is to prepare PHARE fund recipients for eventual membership in the EU.

5.   Two weeks ago, Welch assured The Associated Press that besides Essomba, no other IOC relatives were fund recipients.