1.   And some intellectuals have criticized official policy without suffering repercussions.

2.   Each broadcasting organization could henceforth pursue its programme policies without fear of a direct challenge to its sources of revenue.

3.   The plans to reverse Decades of governmental policy without benefit of public hearings and substantive dialogue have produced little.

4.   Block grants allow the central government to play a role in local policy without smothering it.

5.   Activists said China has hinted before at imminent changes in its policies without following through.

6.   Acting on his own authority, every president since Johnson has reconfirmed the policy without the timid hesitation Rumsfeld seems to reflect.

7.   Both regions are thus largely independent of external constraints and can manage their policies without being thrown off course by any but the most severe external shocks.

8.   But human rights activists said China has hinted before at imminent changes in its policies without following through.

9.   But officials of the organ sharing network are not going to abandon their policy without a fight.

10.   But the chairman of the Fed, Alan Greenspan, has proved to be reluctant to change policy without compelling evidence of a need to do so.