11.   The changes, which require congressional approval, would give federal officials greater discretion in deciding which plants and animals to protect under the Endangered Species Act.

12.   The final report essentially refined the earlier committee reports, but it gave precinct commanders greater discretion in crime-fighting and corruption control.

13.   The negotiators agreed to give the president greater discretion in determining which penalities to impose on countries.

14.   The Office of Court Administration, a state agency in charge of the courts, has proposed allowing greater judicial discretion in the matter.

15.   Pieronek had urged greater discretion, preferring not to back one candidate or the other.

16.   Such a bill would give the commission greater discretion in awarding the license, on which Murdoch was being tipped as the likely top bidder.