11.   Four days later a House-Senate conference produced a compromise bill and the Clinton administration dropped its objections after legislators modified language dealing with confiscated property.

12.   He said he would drop his objection if Defense Secretary William Cohen testifies that the sale would not jeopardize U.S. national security.

13.   If a problem is really crucial, sometimes lawmakers drop their objections or look for a compromise.

14.   If only those pesky White House lawyers would drop their objections, he was ready to green-light the pardon.

15.   It is unclear whether Clinton will drop his objections to the sale under these circumstances.

16.   Just as suddenly, however, the company dropped its objections, bowing to the scientific arguments made by Reid and a handful of government biologists.

17.   Law, after speaking directly with Marshall, dropped his objections to her nomination but abortion rights opponents continued to oppose her elevaton to chief justice.

18.   Last week, Secretary of State Colin Powell was able to persuade the French and Chinese to drop their objections after the list was whittled down.

19.   Meanwhile, the issue of security cleared considerably when the Northern Alliance backtracked on previous statements and announced it would drop its objections to an international peacekeeping force.

20.   --More recently, Riordan opposed a federal consent decree for the Los Angeles Police Department, only to later drop his objections in exchange for some language changes.