21.   Nor does it include future increases in state taxes, or in markups by retailers.

22.   Other critics in the Senate have said higher work requirements should include an increase in child care spending, to allow more single parents to join the workforce.

23.   Other demands include no increase in out-of-pocket health insurance premiums.

24.   Proposals by Kennedy, then a senator, were gunned down in the House, including an increase in the minimum wage and an early Medicare proposal.

25.   Perry said it is too early to talk about solutions, including tax increases.

26.   Ravitch said Wednesday that without Fink, the politically difficult subway system rescue package, which included tax increases, would never have passed.

27.   Republicans in both chambers were forced today to back off plans to include an increase in the earnings limit for Social Security.

28.   Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott said he would oppose any new taxes this year, including an increase in the cigarette tax.

29.   Several advances -- including an increase to four valves a cylinder, from two, and tuned intake and exhaust systems -- make engines breathe easier.

30.   Side effects include increases in both cholesterol and blood pressure, growth of body hair, male-pattern baldness, acne and fluid retention.