1.   As a result, he too believed the law should lapse, he said.

2.   After meeting with the two legislative leaders, Pataki also accused the Democrats of intransigence, indicating that he would blame them if the laws lapsed.

3.   Fiske had been appointed by Attorney General Janet Reno in January, when the independent counsel law had lapsed.

4.   He was chosen over Robert Fiske, a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Janet Reno at a time when the independent counsel law had lapsed.

5.   If the law had lapsed even for just a day, many landlords were expected to begin eviction proceedings.

6.   If the Legislature does nothing, the laws will lapse.

7.   It is expected that Congress will allow the law to lapse.

8.   Many tenants had feared that owners of loft buildings could have begun eviction proceedings if the law had lapsed for just one day.

9.   The independent counsel law may have lapsed.

10.   The law lapsed last June.