1.   And because Texas has no referendum system, elected officials control state policymaking.

2.   As a diversified conglomerate, Guangdong Enterprises is controlled by officials in the provincial capital, Guangzhou.

3.   Because NASCAR officials so tightly control their sport, insider criticism is muted, and then usually from the most secure drivers, owners and crew chiefs.

4.   Because the program is voluntary, school officials cannot control who leaves, as they can with layoffs.

5.   But it also would allow local, not federal, officials to control the sanctions.

6.   But they stressed that Karadzic and a few senior officials covertly controlled the disbursement of the funds from Selkt-Impex and Centrex.

7.   But the party leadership is controlled by officials sympathetic to Bush.

8.   Denway is controlled by officials in the south China city.

9.   Each of those events, coming as a surprise, caused an uproar in the United States that administration officials could not control.

10.   He denied, however, that this meant the school officials were unconstitutionally controlling the text of a prayer.