11.   Beijing is buying them by the dozens to build the giant Three Gorges Dam, which the administration considers damaging to the environment.

12.   A commission spokesman, Anthony Gooch, said there was no sign the Bush administration would consider doing either.

13.   A system of tradable permits is one tool the Clinton administration is considering.

14.   A Treasury official said this week that the administration had considered paper-clip REITs.

15.   Administration is considering sending U.S. troops into Rwanda, rather than just to surrounding countries like Uganda and Zaire.

16.   After that goal had been reached, the administration would consider options against other sources of terrorist activity, he said.

17.   Bush said the administration is considering more tax rebates and an acceleration of the income tax cuts enacted earlier this year.

18.   Bush laid out a long list of conditions that Cuba must meet before the Bush administration would consider a change of policy.

19.   British Airways is among those pushing for an aid package akin to the one the Bush administration is considering for American carriers.

20.   But he made clear that the administration was not considering any new initiative to try and temper the violence.