1.   As the Bush administration prepares to announce a more aggressive Cuba policy, former President Jimmy Carter strongly warned that such a move would be counterproductive.

2.   As the Bush administration prepares a major policy pronouncement on the Middle East, it faces a major dilemma.

3.   As the Bush administration prepares for a more serious strategic dialogue with China, this process must be informed by certain uncomfortable truths.

4.   Bayar also said the administration was preparing to put Etibank up for sale.

5.   -- The Clinton administration prepared to impose an embargo on all US exports to Serbia other than humanitarian supplies.

6.   A search for a US ambassador has begun, and the administration has prepared plans to upgrade the current diplomatic mission in Vietnam to a full embassy.

7.   He also said his administration had prepared well for winter and placed the blame on the policies of the Russian electric monopoly, Unified Energy Systems.

8.   He also said that the administration was preparing a package of several dozen measures to simplify tax filing for families and businesses.

9.   His words echo eerily now as the Clinton administration prepares for military action against Iraq that almost no other government wants or thinks is likely to prove effective.

10.   In addition, the Clinton administration is preparing to send its own plan to overhaul Depression-era banking laws to Capitol Hill early next year.