1.   A federal court has upheld that deadline, but the Clinton administration has said it can not meet the timetable.

2.   The local administration says the curfew is a precautionary measure.

3.   Also, the administration said the Office of Management and Budget will work with the EPA in drafting the new rules.

4.   Although the administration has said the order is seriously flawed, a new interpretation has not been forthcoming.

5.   Although the administration says the budget Clinton proposed last week balances in seven years, it does so only under White House economic assumptions.

6.   Although the administration says it is not engaged in censorship, officials throughout the government readily say they have been ordered to be circumspect about their remarks.

7.   And everything the Bush administration says about taxes in the next few weeks will be designed to maximize that public confusion.

8.   And the administration has said it cannot overcome the hurdles posed by that legislation.

9.   And only two months after Clinton reversed the secretary of state, the administration said China had agreed to curb its missile and nuclear exports.

10.   And the administration says it never committed to introduce the legislation by a specific date.