11.   Schlesinger made the comment at a hearing held by the Senate Energy Committee, which was investigating the decision to release the oil.

12.   Senators from New York and Maine have proposed changing the mission of the national reserves so that the president could release oil more easily.

13.   That set off alarms among policy- makers and led to a White House decision to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help bolster supplies.

14.   The administration has refused to release oil from the reserves, saying it should be saved for emergencies.

15.   The Blue Mountains are so named because the eucalyptus trees that cover the hills release their oils when the air is warm, sending up a bluish mist.

16.   The Clinton administration has refused to release oil from the federal reserves, saying it should be saved for true emergencies.

17.   The Democrat made the comment as he answered questions about his call to release oil from the stockpile to reduce fuel prices.

18.   The oils are released only when you crush the citrosa leaves or rub them.

19.   They said the administration would ask Congress to pass a new law establishing the program, so that conditions for releasing heating oil onto the market could be specified.

20.   With winter and the elections approaching, the White House decided to release the oil to replenish low supplies of heating oil in the Northeast and Midwest.