1.   The panel decided to investigate the fraud charges against the company, which has always been reticent about its internal operations.

2.   The Senate panel decided that it wanted to question Fiers and George concerning whether they had passed the information on to Gates.

3.   Another option is for the U.S. to take the case to the WTO and let a dispute settlement panel decide the outcome.

4.   Bonnie Yip, spokeswoman for the Housing Branch, today denied press reports that panel had already decided not to take any action.

5.   A federal advisory panel has decided to recommend that Congress freeze Medicare payments to hospitals next year.

6.   A Finance Ministry panel yesterday decided to recommend the ministry that it allow banks to sell investment trusts at its nationwide branches, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said.

7.   A panel decides which proposals to recommend to NASA.

8.   A similar panel will decide who replaces the British governor of Hong Kong, Christopher Patten.

9.   But fragmentary remarks on the public record suggest the admissions panel decided that sexually active teen-agers cannot be role models.