1.   And he vowed that transition costs would be minimal.

2.   And they also must wrestle with how to pay for the sizable transition costs of moving from the current system to an investment-based one.

3.   After refusing contributions from political action committees in the campaign, he has accepted corporate donations to finance his transition costs.

4.   Advocates of substantially overhauling Social Security say the best use for any budget surpluses would be to pay the transition costs to the new system.

5.   But his aides said many details remained to be ironed out with the Assembly, including how much taxpayer money should be set aside to pay for transition costs.

6.   Pagani noted that the donations for the inaugural dinner, the transition costs and the mansion renovation were made to committees, not to the governor himself.

7.   Stan Lampe, a spokesman for Ashland, said the companies are not releasing an estimate on the transition costs.

8.   The great stumbling block was always the transition costs.

9.   The transition costs of privatization are formidable.

10.   These transition costs are huge.