91.   Demands for academic proficiency of poor children enjoy wide support among voters.

92.   Democrats, like Sen. John B. Breaux of Louisiana, argued that poor children might get slighted when those dollars were divvied up in the state houses.

93.   Despite rising test scores for minority and low-income students, Smoot said conditions for poor children in Texas are worsening.

94.   Dick Cheney defended his congressional vote against Head Start, saying today that the preschool program for poor children needed to be more than just child care.

95.   Did he sacrifice poor children for political gain?

96.   Davis said public schools, law enforcement and health care for poor children were his highest priorities.

97.   Despite Brown, schools are still largely segregated, and most poor black children still receive a poor education.

98.   Drug addicts and alcoholics would be ineligible for disability benefits under Supplemental Security Income, and only severely disabled poor children would qualify for SSI benefits.

99.   Earlier this week, when the Senate passed the education bill, lawmakers hailed it as breakthrough legislation that would immediately improve the lot of poor children.

100.   Even then, those able to pay were expected to contribute to the school, but no poor child was denied an education.