101.   It permeates our lives from birth, affecting everything from government policy to popular culture and the media.

102.   It would have been difficult for a man so closely identified with Clinton and his policies to campaign in the midst of a war that dragged on and on.

103.   It nonetheless prompted Gonzalez, a frequent critic of the central bank in matters ranging from monetary policy to employment practices, to demand a wider investigation.

104.   Korean politicians, for their part, are trying to forestall the embarrassment of surrendering economic policy to the IMF ahead of presidential elections next month.

105.   Laurie Tillman sold a policy to a Gloucester, Mass., whale-watching company that paid off after a certain number of rainy days.

106.   Later today, Greenspan is scheduled to testify further on Fed monetary policy to the Senate Banking Committee.

107.   Later, the chairman will make a formal presentation of central bank policy to Congress.

108.   Last May, however, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown unexpectedly surrendered control over interest rate policy to the central bank.

109.   Many health care providers offer several individual health insurance policies to consumers.

110.   Most companies have also extended the allowable time for purchase of such a policy to seven days.