11.   In Sweden, for example, new policies are initiated by special commissions which constitute the preliminary stage of a legislative proposal.

12.   The government has also announced the setting up of a special commission to coordinate the activities of Russian ministries and organizations in protecting the ozone layer.

13.   Americans get preachy with their special commissions on Olympic booby-trap issues like drugs and bribes, but get caught in the acts themselves.

14.   And a special commission is to be created to investigate violations of the truce.

15.   And South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon recently set up a special commission on marriage and family.

16.   And she has served on special federal commissions on intellectual property, privacy and encryption.

17.   As a result, Swift has created a special commission to recommend an overhaul of the agency.

18.   As the special commission sees it, establishing an accreditation board for all managed-care plans would help bring greater scrutiny to those plans.

19.   At that point, a special commission would decide which parks should get the ax and then present its list to Congress.

20.   Bowen has declined to comment until the special commission comes back with a report.