1.   Buses also will make more fre quent stops, reducing waits.

2.   President Clinton is expected to endorse legislation Thursday that would retain a waiting period for handgun purchases but reduce the wait from five days to three.

3.   The neighboring nations will also work to shorten passport and customs control to reduce long waits at border crossings, PAP said.

4.   The results of the study were troublesome to doctors, who said better information could save lives or reduce the wait for patients needing organs.