11.   Last October, Gov. George Pataki and Gov. Christie Whitman jointly announced a plan aimed at resolving the problem, but have different approaches.

12.   Last week, in two historic votes, the House and Senate each passed versions of a long-term budget plan aimed at balancing the federal books in seven years.

13.   The GOP plan aims to balance the budget in seven years through deep cuts in social programs including welfare, Medicare and Medicaid.

14.   The Gore plan aims to increase savings among poor workers, many of whom live paycheck to paycheck and depend entirely on Social Security for their retirement.

15.   The new savings plans aim to do better.

16.   The plan aims to end a dispute that began earlier this month when Iraq expelled U.S. members of a U.N. weapons inspection team.

17.   The plan aims to encourage Americans to save more of what they earn.

18.   The plan aims to get people out of their cars and into non-polluting public transport, Frei said.

19.   The plan aims to preserve neighborhoods, keep properties on the tax rolls and save the city the cost of managing what would otherwise become seized property.

20.   The plan aims to restore much of the park to the way it was under Louis XIV, the flamboyant Sun King, who hovered over every intricate detail.