1.   In the aftermath of that unpopular war, the Pentagon prepared a blueprint laying out a much more restrictive future role for the press.

2.   Numerous corporate chief executives have said they met with Cheney and White House staff in the spring, when the energy blueprint was being prepared.

3.   The plan will seem so tidy, so self-serving, that it will seem as if management had this blueprint prepared months ago, well before any strike.

4.   The blueprint was prepared by Yuri Maslyukov, a Communist who is first deputy prime minister in charge of economic strategy.

5.   The governement will now prepare a blueprint for the ceremony and consult with coalition leaders, he said.