21.  As a result, said Terral R. Smith, a lawyer for the plaintiffs: "The university is not helping poor black people with affirmative action.

22.  Drug industry lobbyists have attacked Oregon's proposal as an unneeded bureaucratic barrier between poor people and prescription drugs.

23.  Disproportionate Share Hospital payments, which go to institutions that serve unusually large numbers of poor people, were cut by 5 percent over five years.

24.  Dole has already proposed a $500-a-taxpayer credit for contributions to charities that help poor people.

25.  Eckels said Harris County health facilities now treat about 300,000 poor people a year who have no health insurance.

26.  Domenici's budget, which Senate Republicans generally support, would make even sharper cuts in spending for Medicaid, the federal-state program for poor people.

27.  Downtown's become where specialty shops are and you don't get a lot of poor people downtown, black or white."

28.  Downtowns become where specialty shops are and you don't get a lot of poor people downtown, black or white."

29.  Eight states have sued the industry, seeking to recover the Medicaid insurance costs of treating poor people with tobacco-related diseases.

30.  Drastic cuts approved by the House and Senate threaten to grind dreadfully poor people into deeper poverty.