21.   Cornyn, who ran for attorney general on a platform of open government, had conflicting pressures in issuing his decision.

22.   Craig could rule in the coming months but faces no schedule in issuing his decision.

23.   Eckstein also said Babbitt told him that Harold Ickes, then the presidential deputy chief of staff, was ordering that a decision be issued that day.

24.   FCC officials are hoping to issue a decision in mid-June.

25.   Fifteen months ago they issued a decision that struck with the force of an earthquake.

26.   Following its customary practice, the court issued its decision without comment.

27.   For many of those contracts, the hoped-for profit depended on whether the judge issued a decision by today, when June option contracts expire.

28.   Hammer is due to issue his decision within the next four months.

29.   Having completed their tour Friday, the judges are preparing to issue a decision that could be a landmark case on how the First Amendment applies to on-line communication.

30.   He asserted that several board members evidently wanted to delay issuing decisions until after his term ended, in hopes that his position would no longer command a majority.