11.   Five years, they said, is a brief time in the life of the country, and the government has been operating under constraints.

12.   Former prosecutors have an even bigger advantage, he said, because they know how the government operates.

13.   Governments operate not for citizens but politicians and civil servants.

14.   He added that his government had been operating under the assumption that Mahathir would remain on the scene as long as his health permitted.

15.   He said today that the government can operate until mid-February before it encounters serious danger of default.

16.   If a business guy runs for office, you can bet he wants government to operate more like a business.

17.   If the government operated as engagingly and efficiently as the Yankees, there would be no Internal Revenue Service.

18.   In most of the world, both railways and airlines are owned and operated by governments.

19.   In the House, the Budget and Judiciary committees began hearings on whether to amend the Constitution to ensure that the federal government operates within controlled spending limits.

20.   Israel says the Palestinian government is operating illegally in Jerusalem and has not done enough to curb Islamic militants.