21.   But others said there was little the Clinton administration could do now.

22.   But some say they would like to see the administration do more to squeeze nondefense spending.

23.   But the administration did it step by step, each time a different way.

24.   But the administration has done little to oppose Congress.

25.   But the administration has done the right thing in a way that still reeks of discrimination.

26.   But the administration would do its own telecommunications policy a favor by withdrawing the nomination and finding a stronger, more aggressive successor.

27.   But that was exactly what the Reagan administration did do.

28.   But the administration should be doing some soul-searching of its own.

29.   But past administrations have done little to enforce them.

30.   But Powell said there was little left for the Bush administration to do.