11.   Instead, Republican leaders fought bitterly with President Bill Clinton, briefly shutting down parts of the government before settling for relatively modest, bipartisan agreements.

12.   Instead, Republicans leaders fought bitterly with President Bill Clinton, briefly shutting down parts of the government before settling for relatively modest, bipartisan agreements.

13.   It is also a personal victory for Adams, who won several important concessions from the British and Irish governments before agreeing to the talks that produced the pact.

14.   It urged Congress to adopt a coherent process for setting scientific priorities throughout the government before separate committees vote on funding individual programs in separate agency budgets.

15.   Manufacturers do not have to obtain approval from the government before marketing such products.

16.   Mbeki thanked the two companies for discussing the deal with the government before concluding it.

17.   Musharraf had pressed the Bush administration to seek a political settlement of a broad-based transitional government before allowing Northern Alliance forces to capture Kabul.

18.   Negotiation must substantially settle the form, nature and composition of government before elections are held as a means of confirming what has been essentially negotiated and agreed.

19.   Relations had been tense between Arafat and the new Israeli government even before the latest outbreak of violence.

20.   Republican Reps. Scott Klug, R-Wis., and Steve Gunderson, R-Wis., testify about privatization of government before a Senate panel.