11.   On Saturday, he signed an executive order aimed at shutting out from U.S. government purchases any products made using abusive child labor practices.

12.   Sales slumped along with consumer spending and official efforts to crack down on government car purchases.

13.   The campaign began after articles by Paez about arms trafficking, bribery and government purchases of armaments that proved to be shoddy and overpriced.

14.   The crisis committee was told that Milosevic officials were transferring large sums of money to private companies to pay for pre-election government purchases of cooking oil and sugar.

15.   The plan also contains money for government land purchases and loans for small businesses, farms and foreign companies operating in Japan.

16.   They point to the fact that Bayer, under pressure from the government, reduced the price for government purchases of its anti-anthrax antibiotic, Cipro.

17.   They will include steps to bundle bad loans into securities and government purchases of land to convert for public use, he said.

18.   While land acquisition enjoys considerable public support, there is also an active lobby of private owners who oppose government purchases of land.

19.   Government subsidized house purchases could be canceled if the occupant took part in strike action the government declared illegal, the confederation said.

20.   He said voter registration could not begin until the government purchases scanning machines.