11.   By taking a flexible approach to company policy, you are actually rewarding the rule-breakers and punishing the loyal and dedicated employees.

12.   Executives at several major utilities in the region said they were relieved that the states had decided on a flexible approach.

13.   Gov. Whitman of New Jersey, after meeting with Ms. Browner on Thursday, announced that her state would be allowed a more flexible approach.

14.   In going along, non-Orthodox Jews hoped to gain some legitimacy from the Orthodox establishment, leading eventually to a more flexible approach on the conversion itself.

15.   In recent days, the president and senior administration officials have signaled a flexible approach on at least five issues that have worried European allies.

16.   Klein made his comments before the American Bar Association during a speech in which he said the department would adopt a more flexible approach to antitrust enforcement generally.

17.   On Wednesday, Putin seemed to signal a far more flexible approach to enlargement.

18.   Rumsfeld prefers a more flexible approach that should allow for reductions in overall troop strength.

19.   Several power companies said they welcomed the agreement because it offered a flexible approach to reducing plant emissions.

20.   That will now be discarded in favor of a more flexible approach, but one that is less predictable.