31.   Despite his rhetoric about housing, Cardinal Bernard Law declined to endorse the plan at all.

32.   Disney chairman Michael Eisner has endorsed the plan.

33.   Dole has endorsed a plan advanced by congressional Republicans that would place a five-year lifetime limit on how long poor families can receive assistance.

34.   During the next five months, conservative and tax-savvy UPS managers endorsed a plan to create an offshore insurance subsidiary.

35.   EU finance ministers separately endorsed plans by Portugal and Spain on how they will reduce their deficits.

36.   Even though Helms is one of the most conservative members of the Senate, he generally endorsed administration plans for continued export programs.

37.   Environmental groups also endorsed the plan because it provides for a surcharge on electric rates that will generate funds for energy efficiency programs.

38.   Federal officials said they hoped the judge would endorse the plan late this month, with the election scheduled for four months after that.

39.   Finance ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations endorsed a plan that gives the IMF the leading role in future Asian financial crises.

40.   First, Parking and Traffic commissioners have to endorse a plan, Bash said.