1.   A council spokesman said said the decision to end the system was taken on economic grounds.

2.   An aerospace analyst, Fujio Nakano, said the decision to shift focus to the H-IIA was a good idea.

3.   An aide to freshman Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., said the decision to vote for Boehner was the easiest his boss has had to make.

4.   Analysts said the decision to shut the Express was a sound one.

5.   Analysts said the decision to step back from the loans was as political as the decision to offer them.

6.   Analysts said the decision, which ends a three-year battle that had distracted the sprawling company, was a major victory for the consultants.

7.   And already this week, at least one recruit says his decision to attend USC is final.

8.   Analysts said the decision to step back from the loans appeared to be as political as the decision to grant them.

9.   And the defendants say the decision over who gets paid how much is not their business.

10.   And Wilson said the decision to make the cuts was, in the end, hers alone to make.