61.   The pledges, which the European Commission is holding the bank to, effectively toughen conditions for the bank to win a go-ahead for its bailout plan.

62.   The premier opposition party, Shinshinto, plans to make the bailout plan the focal point of attacks on the new Japanese administration.

63.   The public overwhelmingly opposes the use of tax money, and opposition parties have vowed to block the bailout plan being debated in the Diet.

64.   The premier opposition party Shinshinto will make the unpopular bailout plan the focal point of its attack on the new Japanese administration.

65.   The Senate refused to even consider a bailout plan for Southern California Edison, which is teetering near bankruptcy.

66.   The share sale is part of a government-orchestrated bailout plan that combines public aid with help from private companies, a typical pattern in Japan.

67.   The sources said the Osaka prefectural government and the Finance Ministry hope to have drawn up a bailout plan for Kizu by early November.

68.   They would be invited to join in the standby bailout plan, crafted last week by finance ministers in Manila.

69.   Traders said reports of a broader bailout plan could push bond yields higher, if the government needed to issue new debt to pay for it.

70.   U.S. officials said they were troubled by the Japanese plan because of the risk that it would be seen as another bailout plan for private investors.