21.   Anticipating a fight, the Puerto Rican government has offered some alternatives to making it permanent.

22.   As a result, the government has offered individuals and companies different proposals to alleviate the burden of higher bank debts.

23.   As nearly a century of U.S. domination draws to a close, the Panamanian government is offering them for sale or lease to the highest bidder.

24.   As the government offers concessions in the name of peace, the guerrillas have answered with bullets and bombs.

25.   As the case unfolds and that issue is debated, many on the campus are angry that the government is already offering solutions as radical as dismantling the company.

26.   At the same time, the government offered incentives to farmers who would restore drained wetlands.

27.   At the same time the federal government was offering the insurance, it also showed its readiness to bail out flood victims with grants and other help.

28.   Because the interest rates the government is offering are so high, some bills will be mature in seven days.

29.   Behind these and other expectations is the belief -- grudging as it might be -- that government offers a safety net for the rough-and-tumble marketplace.

30.   Bond dealers will refrain from bidding prices too high, to make sure the government offers bonds at a yield acceptable to investors, he said.