1.   Bill Bennett brags unself-consciously about his wife, Elayne Bennett, who runs Best Friends, a program that encourages sexual abstinence among inner-city girls.

2.   For example, she said, in Maine, the money might be used for public service announcements encouraging abstinence.

3.   Obviously, nobody from the Christian right to the liberal left objects to reducing illegitimacy or encouraging sexual abstinence.

4.   She called on Congress to reverse current mandates that require schools that accept federal sex education money to encourage abstinence only in sex education curriculums.

5.   His report, issued Thursday, called on schools to encourage abstinence but also teach birth control.

6.   It called for schools to encourage abstinence among students but to also teach birth control techniques.

7.   It called for schools to encourage abstinence among students, but also to teach birth control techniques.

8.   Others said teen-agers can sort it out and advocated programs that encourage abstinence but also teach about birth control in case kids have sex anyway.

9.   Surgeon General David Satcher issued a report in June that urged schools to encourage abstinence but to also teach about birth control.

10.   The report called for schools to encourage abstinence among students but also teach the value of birth control.