21.   Clinton said he intends to be adopt a plan during his next term to balance the budget without jeopardizing needed programs.

22.   Corporate managers discuss the costs of domestic-partnership benefits, and adopt plans to implement them.

23.   Companies like Motorola, McKesson and Hershey have all adopted such plans.

24.   Congress should adopt this plan in the final version of the digital copyright legislation.

25.   Currently, the supermarkets pay for all medical coverage, but more and more employers are adopting co-payment plans.

26.   Democrats may join forces with some Republicans to adopt the plan by Emerson and snub Roberts and Gingrich.

27.   CSB Financial Group Inc., a bank holding company, said its Board adopted a plan that would increase shareholder benefits in the event of a takeover.

28.   Despite questions about the constitutionality of the proposal, the legal analysts said the senators probably could adopt the plan because no individual or institution could stop them.

29.   Economists believe that if Congress adopts a credible balanced budget plan, the nation would enjoy a stronger economy because interest rates would fall.

30.   Ecopetrol president Antonio Jose Urdinola threatened to declare illegal any strike by oil workers and said authorities would adopt contingency plans to ensure the flow of oil.