21.   State-run college savings plans are touted as offering parents a low-risk alternative to other investment options, such as the stock market or mutual funds.

22.   Supporters tout the plan as guaranteeing not only basic fairness to workers but also a stable workforce for U.S. businesses.

23.   The mayor and city budget officials touted the plan as a quick way to raise money while also improving city operations.

24.   The parade of candidates into Ohio continues today when Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush visits a Cleveland factory to tout his plan for reforming Social Security.

25.   The president has touted his plan as managed competition.

26.   They also are trying to build public support with a positive message, touting their plan as an economic rocket for the city.

27.   Al Gore campaigned in electorally rich Florida, touting a plan to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare.

28.   Al Gore, among seniors in south Florida, is touting a plan to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare.

29.   Both parties tout their plans as the better buy.

30.   Bush today touts his plan as the best way to keep the downturn from deepening into a recession.