1.   The administration is considering tax relief to help shore up the US airline industry.

2.   The Bush administration is now considering national petrol tax to encourage public transport where it exists.

3.   Also, under the guidelines, the administration considers programs whose sole justification is promoting diversity to be legally suspect.

4.   And while the administration is considering a surgical strike with cruise missiles, officials said the Pentagon is unlikely to strike in the next few days.

5.   Armitage will visit Japan, South Korea and India, while the administration considers whether to send a lower-level envoy to China.

6.   As part of its commission on race relations, the Clinton administration is considering such tests for government agencies.

7.   As late as last Friday, the administration was actively considering allowing U.S. gun dealers to import the Russian weapons.

8.   Asked whether the administration was considering how any retribution might affect oil supplies, a spokeswoman for the Energy Department directed questions to the State Department.

9.   At a low point in relations with China, the administration is still considering whether to send Hillary Rodham Clinton.

10.   At the White House, spokesman Air Fleischer indicated that the administration might consider establishing a new agency for border and internal security.