1.   They generally approve budgets and the appointments of department heads and commission members submitted by the chief executive.

2.   Without elaborating, Palermo said commission members would only be witnesses to any accords.

3.   Garca, in turn, accused the five commission members of being delinquents with political ambitions intent on preventing his making a political comeback.

4.   Odete Ferreira, a commission member, succeeded Caetano as head.

5.   Amnesty accused commission members of failing to do their job, succumbing instead to political and economic pressures.

6.   An agricultural commission member said Germany has until Wednesday to get the situation under control.

7.   Another commission member, Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., said he agreed with Vladeck that taxes should not have been taken off the table.

8.   Another commission member advised a balanced view of the economic and social effect of gambling.

9.   At night the ashes were presented to the commission members.

10.   Beijing intensively lobbied commission members to avoid the public embarrassment of debate and censure.