11.   A leading producer of filtering software praised the decision.

12.   After meeting in the Oval Office with Chirac, Clinton held a news conference at which he praised the decision to end testing.

13.   Both the past and present administrators of the EPA praised the decision.

14.   Bush, who was traveling to Boston to watch his brother in the presidential debates, issued a statement praising the decision.

15.   But Birmingham, who lobbied hard for spending some of the settlement funds last year, praised that decision.

16.   But defense lawyers also praised the decision for imposing a high threshold on judges considering whether to remove a juror accused of disregarding the law.

17.   But other Catholics praised the decision.

18.   Civil rights lawyers praised the decision.

19.   Clinton praised the decision to indict Milosevic on war crimes but urged caution in pursuing the next step.

20.   Defense lawyers also praised the decision for imposing a high threshold on judges considering whether to remove a juror accused of disregarding the law.