71.   The Bush administration and House GOP leaders back a plan that would allow private contractors to hire screeners working under heightened federal supervision.

72.   The five countries in the contact group that developed the peace plan have succeeded in persuading the Bosnian Muslims to back the plan.

73.   The governor also backed a plan by State Senate President Donald DiFrancesco that would allow for a property tax reduction on state income taxes.

74.   The Intel-Toshiba faction lobbied for a stronger technology, while the other group backed a plan they said was easier to implement.

75.   The House backed that plan, but the Senate did not.

76.   The House moved to address a Clinton administration objection when it scaled back its plans to expand the number of TV stations a company could own.

77.   The Japanese government, meantime, backed a plan to sell bonds to raise funds to shore up the financial system.

78.   The plan is backed by top Republican leaders like House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Sen. Paul Coverdell of Georgia.

79.   The prime minister, however, relies for a core of his support on public employees and labor unions that back the plan.

80.   The plan was backed by Dennis Rivera, the powerful head of the hospital workers union.