1.   When the administration sought the money from Congress, however, some Democrats argued that it should come either from tax increases or from cuts in other spending programmes.

2.   If the administration now seeks a coherent shopping-list of objectives, it has better find a way of accounting for these hidden benefits.

3.   He also said that the US administration would seek an additional agreement that would give US airlines new access to British airports.

4.   Alternatively, the Bush administration could seek to protect its missile defenses by utterly dominating space in the ways suggested by the Rumsfeld report.

5.   And again the administration has sought and obtained a U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing military action.

6.   And while Bush has said he supports Plan Colombia, already there are hints that his administration may seek new approaches in Colombia.

7.   At the same time that these pullbacks are considered, the administration seeks to accelerate spending on testing for anti-missile weapons.

8.   Attorney General Janet Reno followed Clinton to the podium at the White House and said the administration would seek the death penalty for those who committed the crime.

9.   At the same time, the administration sought to keep Americans from panicking.

10.   At the White House Thursday, the spokesman, Ari Fleischer, also hinted at some flexibility in how the administration will seek punishment.