11.   Joan Fox, head of patient services at the Memorial hospital, said the health authority had considered extra specialists but its hands were tied.

12.   Councillors heard yesterday the authority considers environmental issues on a piecemeal basis at present.

13.   Although no decision has been made, authorities are considering changing the color of the rations to avoid any potentially deadly confusion.

14.   As for the tunnel, he said the authority will consider allowing the general public to use the Ted Williams Tunnel during nighttime hours, when traffic is lighter.

15.   Authorities originally had considered charging them with conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder.

16.   Authorities there considered having the pigs destroyed before an owner of potbellied pigs in Metairie, La., found a haven for them at the Wild Animal Orphanage here.

17.   Authorities consider Rudolph armed and dangerous, willing to kill to preserve his freedom.

18.   Authorities are also considering a tax on capital gains earned from stocks, traders said.

19.   Both suspended their bids while U.K. regulatory authorities considered the implications of a potential merger but a ruling issued late last month allowed them to proceed.

20.   Both suspended their bids while regulatory authorities considered the implications of a potential merger.