11.   He did not delve into the nitty-gritty of his budget, leaving that task to lieutenants in Washington.

12.   He turned it down, leaving that task to an aide.

13.   He said that task should be left to legislators.

14.   However, the Fed left the task of estimating the residual value to the lessor.

15.   If it works, the AFL-CIO would become the driving force in recruiting workers into unions, a task now left to the individual unions.

16.   Instead, he leaves that task to intrepid interrogators like late-night comedian David Letterman.

17.   Instead, according to pretrial testimony, he left that task to the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago.

18.   It wants a law to force companies to disclose shelters, instead of leaving the task of ferreting them out to the shrinking ranks of Internal Revenue Service auditors.

19.   Neither Bush nor Cheney called Powell, but left that task to a subordinate.

20.   Neither Rumsfeld nor Myers would say Tuesday whether U.S. and allied troops would be used, or the task would be left to forces opposing the Taliban in Afghanistan.