31.   The administration is expected to outline a proposal to close the new budget gap when it unveils its four-year financial plan in February.

32.   The expectation was that Secretary of State Madeleine Albright would then publicly outline the proposals in a speech that already has been drafted.

33.   The most enthusiastic response of the day from delegates came when Armey outlined his proposal for replacing the current federal income tax with one flat rate for all Americans.

34.   The proposal outlined Monday by State Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, came in response to the schoolyard shooting deaths last month in Jonesboro, Ark.

35.   The part of the new law that outlines the proposal is called the Child Curfew Section.

36.   The Senate Democratic leader, Tom Daschle of South Dakota, outlined the proposal on Thursday, and it won immediate support from the Clinton administration.

37.   They are to get details in the coming week, when a delegation of Russian space agency and industry officials arrive in Houston to outline the proposal.

38.   Tuesday Bush is expected to outline his proposal for a missile defense system, which many Democrats say is too expensive and unworkable.

39.   Vice President Al Gore is expected to add to the growing political debate over oil prices when he makes a campaign speech on Thursday outlining his proposals.

40.   Vice President Al Gore is expected to add to the growing political debate over oil prices when he makes a campaign speech Thursday outlining his proposals.