21.   If the policy-makers in Washington have open-cockpit biplanes in mind at all, they are approaching the issue only slowly.

22.   In private, some officials in the administration who deal regularly with Japan acknowledge that they are out of fresh ideas about the way to approach trade issues.

23.   It is too soon to predict how Siegel will approach labor issues, but two former bosses said he has proven to be skilled in employee relations.

24.   It is a nonchalant way to approach the issue.

25.   People approach the issue of whether to discuss their infertility in vastly different ways.

26.   Puerto Penasco Mayor Oscar Palacios approaches the issue of the rowdy American youths with diplomatic restraint.

27.   Republican leaders say they are still debating how to approach the issue.

28.   Roth approaches the issue in an effectively skewed way.

29.   Saichi Kawahara of San Francisco, publisher of Kapalakiko Newsletter, a quarterly publication for Hawaiians, approaches the issue with the laid-back attitude often associated with the islands.

30.   Senate Democrats not only are seeking more money for their prescription drug plan, but they disagree with each other about how best to approach the issue.