1.   But Longo and his agent, Richard Lustig of Orlando, said they believe the agency obtained the trademark legally since the original members abandoned it when they disbanded.

2.   The agency had obtained a soil sample from outside the plant, revealing the presence of Empta, a chemical used to make VX nerve gas.

3.   The agency has obtained court orders freezing the assets of all the companies and their owners and forbidding them to use deceptive schemes.

4.   That ruling had not led to his release because the immigration agency obtained a stay while it decided whether to appeal the decision to Attorney General Janet Reno.

5.   The agency never obtained the depositions because its investigation was completed beforehand, Jaffe said.

6.   The bill would require data-collection agencies to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian before obtaining or distributing information about a child.

7.   The federal agency had obtained them from failed savings and loans in Arizona.

8.   The reassignment is temporary, the INS says, lasting only until the agency can obtain more money from Congress to triple the number of border inspectors.

9.   This liquidity facility, as it is known, was meant to ensure that the agencies could obtain funds in a crunch.

10.   Law enforcement agencies could obtain access to records with an administrative subpoena or summons, but they would not have to go to court as advocates would have liked.