1.   All three programs would continue to grow under the GOP budget, but at rates far below current projections.

2.   Bonds still make sense based on current projections for the rate of price increases, says Naroff at First Union.

3.   Adding a drug benefit, Reischauer said, also would drive up private sector costs far in excess of current projections.

4.   Current projections suggest that escalating costs will bankrupt the system in four years.

5.   Current projections suggest that the government will run an operating deficit this year and next year and then run operating surpluses.

6.   Current projections indicate Mr. Jerry Jones will have to be good at evaluating talent, as opposed to just being lucky.

7.   David Hinson, FAA administrator, said his agency, under current long-range projections, could still be drastically underfunded in the years ahead.

8.   Current projections assume things will pick up by the end of this year.

9.   If it saves enough to close the gap between current projections and the reduced spending levels, no one feels the pinch.

10.   If that occurs, state funds could be drained even more rapidly than current projections say.