1.   As government has scaled back welfare assistance, nonprofits are becoming de facto policy makers, shaping vital decisions over how the sick and poor are cared for.

2.   Administration officials said the recent criticism of military tribunals helped shape the decision.

3.   But Clarence Thomas will shape decisions affecting my daughters until he dies or retires.

4.   But he declined to analyze them further until he had heard more from them about what shaped their decision.

5.   He has shown us how some judges use their social and political inclinations, ego, antagonisms and biases to shape their decisions.

6.   Jackson County Prosecutor Bob Beaird said he favors such a law but does not need it to shape his decisions.

7.   Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., said that evidence presented at three closed intelligence briefings shaped her decision to vote against the president.

8.   The freedom to shape decisions that Clinton talked about remains the exclusive preserve of top Communist leaders.

9.   The outcome will shape their decisions on travel, TV ads and policy proposals.

10.   The relative weight of Congress in shaping foreign policy decisions in this country has been rising rapidly over the past few years.