21.   The agency acts as a consensus builder between the Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Japan and other government agencies concerned with the economy.

22.   The agency acted as Congress, FAA auditors and accident investigators at the National Transportation Safety Board increased pressure on regulators to deal with the problem.

23.   The agency sometimes acts overly cautious.

24.   The agencies have acted, in part, because Congress has been unable to rewrite the laws that divide the banking, securities and insurance industries.

25.   The agency acted to cut pollution by banning open-air burning of garbage, junk and crop stubble.

26.   The agency is not acting because many people are dying from Seldane, Temple said in an interview.

27.   The process has come under increasing scrutiny as more government agencies have acted as conduits for the transfer of property from one private owner to another.

28.   The two agencies acted late last year after Congress lifted long-standing limits on the number of daily flights allowed at La Guardia.

29.   Under it, the agency could not act unless the pits had been used as a dumping site for industrial waste, not simply household waste.

30.   Until the agency acts, infliximab is available only to patients who enroll in clinical trials.