1.   And the department is studying ways to interact with students to educate them about the dangers of drugs and guns.

2.   Ashcroft said on Wednesday that his department is studying the legislation.

3.   But the department has been studying the issue, he said, because streams in the state could benefit.

4.   But Veneman said the department is still studying the possibility of paring testing requirements.

5.   Escalera of CCOO said his legal department is studying to if such a sale will face future legal hurdles.

6.   He said only that the defense department was studying land and sea based systems that could be deployed against limited threats in the near term.

7.   Heald said his department will study the proposed project closely.

8.   Jacobson says the department has studied the prison smoke-ban trend on a national scale and has not found any significant or organized resistance by inmates or staff.

9.   Reeker said the department is still studying the financial implications of the change, which is expected to result in increased insurance costs in several foreign posts.

10.   She did say the department would study the idea of stockpiling heating oil but it would not be completed until next April.