31.   Carol M. Browner, the EPA administrator, has said that the agency will decide by the end of the year what must be done to clean the Hudson.

32.   Clinton must decide by Saturday.

33.   Chile, which reportedly wants about two dozen fighters, will decide by the fall on what fighter it will buy, the source said.

34.   Comcast Corp. said it will decide by next month whether to exercise an option to acquire a controlling interest in E!

35.   Clinton must decide by Tuesday whether to grant the waiver.

36.   Consortium members reasoned that two of three would most closely mimic the election system, since most three-member canvassing boards decide by majority rule.

37.   Dalglish expects to decide by the end of February whether he can afford to sustain the e-mail services.

38.   Dennis Eckersley, cut loose by the Red Sox Monday, will decide by next week whether he intends to continue his playing career, his attorney said Tuesday.

39.   Eaton said DaimlerChrysler planned to decide by the end of the year whether to take an equity stake in the Nissan Diesel Motor Co.

40.   Dole said he would decide by mid-February whether to run for president.