1.   A spokesman for the immigration service in Washington, Russ Bergeron, said the agency had acted properly.

2.   But after soliciting the views of pilots, airlines and other interested parties, the rule was not amended and the agency did not act.

3.   But even Republican lawmakers are likely to be ambivalent about the sweeping proposals, in part because the agency often acts on orders from Congress.

4.   But the Massachusetts law does not require agencies to actually act on the information.

5.   But two scientists who reviewed the cases said Friday that they were disappointed that the agency had acted without waiting for the results of other investigations of the deaths.

6.   Conservatives say the agencies acted illegally and have threatened to go to court unless the old system is re-established.

7.   Critics of the industry and the FDA say that the agency has acted hastily and approved too many unsafe drugs that have injured or killed patients.

8.   Drucella Andersen, an FAA spokeswoman, said the agency was already acting to help speed airport expansion.

9.   Ellenberg conceded that the drug agency had at times acted too slowly.

10.   Fauzi Hamdan, an opposition party legislator who presides over a congressional committee overseeing Mexicos bank bailout, said the bailout agency was acting within its legal rights.