21.   Selig never acts completely on his own, preferring to build consensus before he acts.

22.   The bank could move fast and approve new loans for Bulgaria before the summer if the Bulgarians can act quickly on a reform program though, the person said.

23.   The bank could move fast and approve new loans for Bulgaria before the summer if the Bulgarians can act quickly on a reform program, the person said.

24.   The House, already in recess, is waiting for the Senate to act first on health care.

25.   The state superintendent of schools, Norma Paulus, said the school had acted responsibly on Wednesday by suspending the student, pending an expulsion after an investigation.

26.   The superviser acted improperly on many absentees, but those ballots could not be removed at present without rejecting thousands of correctly applied-for absentee ballots.

27.   The two biggest national economies, the United States and Japan, have both stalled badly, which will inevitably act as a brake on European growth.

28.   Thompson, who won House approval of similar legislation two years ago, had planned to let the Senate act first on the bill this session.

29.   Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin sent a letter to Roth today, urging him to act quickly on the issue.

30.   While placebos can act globally on the body, they can also have extremely specific effects.