11.   But the agency is still working on a proposed regulation that FAA Acting Administrator Barry Valentine said he hopes will be in place by the end of the year.

12.   But the new policy, soon to be issued as a proposed regulation, was immediately denounced by reproductive rights advocates.

13.   But they could not accept the strict terms of the proposed regulations.

14.   But, as is often the case when proposed regulations threaten to dig deeply into corporate pockets, the talk turns to money.

15.   By the end of the year, the agency said, it will issue proposed regulations spelling out how the transactions should be restructured.

16.   Common Cause and others will attend a State House hearing Wednesday morning on proposed regulations to implement the law.

17.   Critics say that the tobacco companies can still circumvent the proposed regulations and that they should be required to pay much more.

18.   Dale Florio, spokesman for the New Jersey HMO Association, said that the association was still reviewing the proposed regulations and would probably seek some changes.

19.   Dole, who had previously questioned whether tobacco is addictive, did not take a stand on the proposed regulations.

20.   Dombi said that the proposed regulations and other changes in Medicare law enacted over the summer may reduce the benefits to hospitals of owning home health-care agencies.