11.   Companies like Arco and Anadarko Petroleum are pouring billions of dollars into developing oil and gas.

12.   Consequently, Daschle has made sure that the new farm bill will pour billions of dollars in subsidies into states that are important to Democrats this year.

13.   Corporate earnings are rising ahead of expectations, interest rates are stable to improving, and investors continue to pour billions of dollars into stock mutual funds.

14.   Corporations are pouring billions of dollars into reprogramming computers.

15.   Customers also poured billions into money market funds last year, seeking safe havens while they waited for the stock market to settle.

16.   Congress poured billions into developing an airplane that was supposed to be so formidable that it would make much of the U.S. arsenal obsolete.

17.   Enron poured billions into these trading ventures, and some failed.

18.   Foreign investors pour billions every year into new factories, putting the sons and daughters of poor farmers to work making everything from Reebok sneakers to Sony televisions.

19.   Ford is also seen as an attractive buyer because it has poured billions of dollars into turning around Jaguar after buying it a decade ago.

20.   He urged Congress to pour billions of additional dollars into child care, housing, transportation and other programs to help poor people get and keep jobs.