1.   US officials publicly denied that the Bush administration intended to link the settlements issue with absorption aid.

2.   And officials said the administration did not intend to wait for congressional authorization if it ordered an invasion.

3.   As OPEC oil ministers gather this week in Venezuela, the Clinton administration intends to keep pressing for further output hikes.

4.   At the same time, the administration intends to fully back NATO allies and operations and press for a diplomatic solution to the conflict, he said.

5.   But congressional aides from both parties say the administration intends to freeze or cut many other programs, including those run by the Smithsonian Institution.

6.   But Norton has left open the possibility of shrinking their boundaries and permitting mining, energy exploration and other activities that the Clinton administration had intended to prohibit.

7.   But their deployment is encouraging evidence that the administration intends to prevent and punish crimes that deprive women of their constitutional right to an abortion.

8.   Either way, the administration does intend to present an agreement to Congress for approval, senior officials have said.

9.   In later phases, the administration intends to add manufacturers to the industries that are covered.

10.   In one of two phone conversations on Wednesday, Kissinger insisted that his words did not mean that the Nixon administration intended to abandon the South Vietnamese government.