21.   But both George W. Bush and Al Gore favor spending tax dollars to do that.

22.   But not a dollar was spent on any highly regarded free agents.

23.   But no amount will be enough if we cannot spend our military dollars more efficiently.

24.   But not everyone is convinced the dollars are spent wisely.

25.   But the Legislature usually spends unused dollars at the end of each two-year budget cycle, Leedom said.

26.   But what if each new dollar raised is spent to comply with subpoeonas?

27.   Carlson is spending its dollars making its reservation systems Internet-friendly and on creating an intranet, an internal computer network based on the inexpensive Internet software.

28.   Citizens who voted against the ballpark said they thought there were, as the opposition contended, more important things to spend tax dollars on.

29.   Clinton never spent tax dollars, for example, he invested them.

30.   City officials say they will spend the dollars before New York loses them.