1.   The survey said one possible solution to the problem might be the use of city pension funds to create a loan program.

2.   Also included are hundreds of millions of dollars in farm aid, loan programs for the steel, oil and gas industries, and a host of other measures.

3.   Also, there is a plan for a loan guarantee program that would help employers forced to restore benefits to get private-sector financing.

4.   An unstated purpose of the loan program is to lower the number of athletes who leave school for professional sports prior to the end of their eligibility.

5.   And next Monday he is planning a trip to Illinois to highlight a federal education loan program, which Congress is seeking to scale back or eliminate.

6.   And the World Bank said Tuesday that it would participate in any such loan program.

7.   Another program that was cut heavily was the fiscal investment and loan program.

8.   At the same time, Arab entrepreneurs are lobbying to be included in minority small-business loan programs.

9.   At the same time, the BankBoston Corp., joining other major lenders, began a loan program for women entrepreneurs.

10.   At the Valley Economic Development Center, a nonprofit small business consulting service, its loan program has been on hold since the first shutdown in early December.