81.   That is surprising in a state that has benefited mightily from rural electrification, flood control, farm subsidies and interstate highways, all financed by federal tax dollars.

82.   The bill follows trends in France and many other European countries, which have drastically pared farm subsidies.

83.   The administration last fall issued a bulky document that said farm subsidies had, among other things, inflated land values and benefited large farms.

84.   The Clinton administration plans to offset the first five years of losses with a combination of cuts in farm subsidies and various extra fees on businesses.

85.   The EU refusal that year to reduce farm subsidies to levels demanded by the U.S. almost scuppered a worldwide agreement on reducing tariffs on goods and services.

86.   The General Accounting Office concluded in a new report that increased demand for grain lifts market prices, resulting in fewer federal farm subsidies.

87.   The issue surfaces now because the federal government is expected to pare spending on farm subsidies, transferring income risk from the Treasury and taxpayers to farmers themselves.

88.   The new farm bill is proof that taxpayers will continue to spend billions on farm subsidies for the foreseeable future.

89.   The president told them he would fight steep cuts in farm subsidies that were being advanced by Republicans.

90.   The proposed bill would gradually reduce federal farm subsidies.