1.   And they argued that it has long been Senate practice to allow Supreme Court nominees to be considered on the floor.

2.   For Democrats the importance of considering nominees in a highly deliberate fashion, including assessing their ideological outlooks, is similarly suddenly important.

3.   He suggested using bipartisan commissions at all levels of government to consider nominees.

4.   Most Senate Democrats, visages suitably stern, are going through the motions of considering the nominee.

5.   Oscar nominees are automatically considered for membership in the following year.

6.   On whether abortion should be an important issue in considering nominees for the Supreme Court, Zimmer said it would be just as important as anything else.

7.   President Clinton, in considering nominees for the Federal Reserve, suggested that lower interest rates would lead to faster growth and rising wages.

8.   The full Senate will now take up the nomination, although its leaders have yet to set a date to consider the nominee.

9.   He faces a Communist-dominated parliament, which on Saturday begins considering his nominee for prime minister.

10.   He faces a Communist-dominated parliament, which begins considering his nominee for prime minister on Saturday.