111.   It is spending billions of dollars to insure that Windows is widely used in Internet-linked devices ranging from cable television boxes to cellular phones.

112.   It also signals that the Russian government, despite its depressed economy, is willing to spend billions on new fighters and could sell them to rogue nations.

113.   It spent billions.

114.   It subsidized growers, cutters, refiners, unions and bosses, spending billions.

115.   It will take months to determine who would spend the billions of dollars earmarked for anti-smoking and other programs, he said.

116.   It recently announced that it was unwilling to spend the billions of dollars on developing a jumbo jet it needed to compete.

117.   Japan spent billions of dollars to create a national pro league, the J-League, with retreads like Zico of Brazil and Toto Schillaci of Italy.

118.   Kmart spent billions updating to faster registers.

119.   Later, Europeans watched as the two superpowers spent billions competing to explore the moon, loft space stations and develop space shuttles.

120.   Last week, the United States and other countries agreed to spend billions of dollars to rebuild Afghanistan.