1.   Whether he remembered Muriel or not, JFK took the call immediately and set in motion procedures to cut through the red tape.

2.   Lingenthal said the Interior Ministry already has set in motion procedures to strip Kaplan of his asylum status.

3.   Publication would set in motion procedures preceding privatisation such as the choice of advising banks and a valuation of the companies by the privatisation commission.

4.   The committee meeting will set in motion procedures to choose a successor to Papandreou, who has been seriously ill in hospital for almost two months.