11.   Still, many environmental groups have held back criticism because the bill provides billions more for public transit, bicycles and pedestrians.

12.   Still, the budget will provide billions of yen for public works spending and subsidies for agriculture, which many economists say will hardly revitalize the economy.

13.   The Clinton administration has begun discussions on providing billions of dollars in assistance to help Mexico support its currency and make payments on its national debt.

14.   The company remains a fount of cash for the government, providing billions of dollars in taxes every year.

15.   The networks maintain they do so by providing billions of dollars in free public service announcements and by raising millionsfor charity.

16.   The United States provides billions in military and civilian aid to the Jewish state and routinely approves sales to Israel of the most sophisticated American weapons.

17.   The world is talking about providing billions of dollars to help rebuild Afghanistan.

18.   They are urging the fund to provide billions of dollars in emergency financing.

19.   From oil and gas producers to the coal industry, the bill provides billions of dollars more than President Bush proposed for traditional energy producers.

20.   Ironically, the United States provided billions of dollars to the Afghan rebel groups that ran the Peshawar camps.