1.   Aristide is sitting in the presidential palace, a fledgling Haitian government is functioning and security has been restored to the point that commerce is picking up.

2.   At its best, as Franklin Roosevelt once said, government should function in a spirit of boldness and an openness to new ideas.

3.   But at least the government is functioning.

4.   But crucial details about how such a government would function were not spelled out.

5.   But it is not at all clear how a government made up of enemies who only recently have put down their arms will function.

6.   But the Conservatives are already trying to cast the Scott report as a political event rather than a serious critique of the way the British government functions.

7.   But the document left many questions unanswered about how such a government would actually function.

8.   Ecevit summoned senior aides to an emergency meeting Wednesday afternoon and pledged that the government would function smoothly despite the turmoil.

9.   Even Ross Perot could talk about them without betraying his abysmal ignorance of how government functions.

10.   That was intolerable to the public, which expects the government to function properly.