41.   The bloated, corrupt state bureaucracy meant that Argentines had to wait months to connect a telephone line or fix a leaky water pipe.

42.   The president has long argued that religious charities are better than state bureaucracies at helping the poor, because they are better at changing self-destructive behavior.

43.   The state bureaucracies were too slow, inflexible, corrupt.

44.   The testimony by Heartley-Humphrey came as the governor was outlining a reform plan for the way software contracts are vetted in the state bureaucracies.

45.   The winning lawyers still chafe at what they consider an arrogant state bureaucracy they say made the stakes so high.

46.   Their utopian energy was directed against an ossified state bureaucracy.

47.   They also say there is an inherent conflict of interest in having one small state bureaucracy both promote and regulate the depositories.

48.   Until now, the Whitman administration has not taken major steps to streamline the state bureaucracy.

49.   As Slobodan Milosevic sought to hold on to office, there were signs Tuesday his traditional power base in the security forces and state bureaucracy was beginning to fray.

50.   But he said it has made important contributions by fighting corruption and trying to keep organized crime out of the state bureaucracy.