11.   But if investors were comparatively happy with the Brazilian plan and the expected aid package, a number of influential economists and policy analysts were decidedly not.

12.   But he has been tentatively selected for another position in the Bush administration, chief policy analyst at the Department of Health and Human Services.

13.   But Janee Briesemeister, a senior policy analyst for the Austin office of Consumers Union, said customers likely would have received greater savings without the law.

14.   But John Shanahan, an environmental policy analyst with the Heritage Foundation, disagreed.

15.   But Jonathan Ratner, a health policy analyst at the GAO, disagreed.

16.   But policy analysts warned that the report should be taken in the context of other studies, some of those based on larger samples.

17.   Byman, a noted policy analyst at the Rand Corp., argues that it would be better if inspectors did NOT return to Iraq.

18.   Charlie Higley, senior policy analyst for Public Citizen, a lobbyist group in Washington, said competition will likely lead to increased environmental hazards.

19.   Economists and policy analysts overwhelmingly agree.

20.   Economists and tax policy analysts say this is precisely the wrong time for such political positioning.