1.   The administration has officially asked transportation workers to call off their strike.

2.   As the justices were undoubtedly aware, the Clinton administration has recently asked them to review that ruling.

3.   As it did last year, the administration has asked for a large increase in counternarcotics aid to Latin American police and militaries.

4.   A spokesman for the National Security Council declined to comment specifically on why the administration has not asked EchoStar to stop carrying Al Jazeera.

5.   A WTO ruling against the EU would bolster the U.S. position and allow the administration to ask for compensation from European nations for damages to American companies.

6.   But here the administration must ask, what is the alternative?

7.   But last month, the Bush administration asked Congress to set aside, at least for a year, a crucial provision in the Endangered Species Act.

8.   But the Bush administration asked Congress earlier this year to expand its authority to use Colombian military assistance to go after the FARC as part of global anti-terrorism efforts.

9.   But the Clinton administration has asked Yeltsin to go further.

10.   But when Bob Dole, a former supporter then running for president, abruptly announced his opposition to the treaty, the administration asked that it be withdrawn.