The plan began to take hold with an immediate increase in business.

He has called for more state experiments, but without any immediate increase in Federal funds.

Any immediate increase in phone rates would probably be modest, they say.

It is the area that studies show would enjoy the most immediate increase.

But people close to the administration said it was privately demanding an immediate increase of 10 to 15 percent.

Thus the authorities may be forced into a large immediate increase in bond interest rates.

Many said they were sure the company could survive without an immediate increase.

Restaurant owners may see benefits beyond an immediate increase in sales.

But he did not believe the survey results called for an immediate, vast increase in funding.

An immediate increase in the child-care tax credit, to $1,000 from $600, would cost $99 billion over 10 years.