21.   And Washington conferred the same tax deductions on these plans as on the old defined-benefit plans.

22.   As a result, the new administration was ready to sell its tax plan as an economic stimulus plan when it became clear that the long expansion was faltering.

23.   At least that is the plan as of Monday.

24.   Beckman praised the plan as a step in the right direction, but voiced concern about the lack of regulatory features.

25.   Bill Ballenger, editor of Inside Michigan Politics, said Bush never connected with these voters, many of whom saw his tax plan as favoring the rich.

26.   A gimmick defense seemed like as good of a plan as any for UT-El Paso to stop All-American Lee Nailon, thereby stopping TCU.

27.   A spokesman for California Gov. Pete Wilson, long tough on immigration, denounced the Clinton plan as too little, too late.

28.   Advocates for the homeless see the SPCA plan as another strange idea.

29.   Advocates of tougher immigration enforcement applauded the administration plan as a way to reduce delays in removing illegal aliens.

30.   Broadcasters, whose political action committees contribute millions of dollars to congressional campaign coffers, oppose the free-time plan as an intrusion on their programming decisions.