1.   Bush, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, also called for a new effort to pass legislation giving the president line-item veto power.

2.   In August, Sharif clashed with the supreme court when Parliament passed a law giving the police extraordinary powers to deal with suspected terrorists.

3.   Legislation was passed to give the president more control over intelligence matters.

4.   Schoolchildren were robbed so often that fathers gave their children broken watches and expired bus passes to give the muggers.

5.   A new law has been passed to give disgruntled provinces more political power and greater control over their resources.

6.   Dwindling stocks of turbot, or Greenland halibut, caused Ottawa to pass legislation giving itself the power to enforce conservation of the stocks off the Grand Banks.

7.   Two laws were passed to give them various social and medical benefits.