21.   After a similar ruling last year by a federal appellate panel in Washington, the department asked for, and was granted, a rehearing by the entire court.

22.   After failing twice, U.S. Bioscience Inc. finally persuaded a federal advisory panel to recommend approval of its cancer drug, Ethyol, for sale in the U.S.

23.   After that, Reno could drop the matter or apply to a three-judge federal panel to name an independent counsel.

24.   After two years of work, a federal advisory panel reported last year that it was deeply split about which approach to take.

25.   But the federal panel argues that considerably greater improvements can be made without penalizing drivers financially, if the savings on gasoline are counted.

26.   Carey was testifying before the Independent Review Board, a federal panel which is deciding whether to punish him for the alleged improprieties.

27.   Dean Andal is a member of the federal panel studying Internet taxation.

28.   Earlier this summer, a federal panel advising Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman on environmental issues conducted a three-day tour of Spokane and nearby farms.

29.   Ernest DuBester of the National Mediation Board, a federal panel that tried earlier this year to bring the two sides together, presided at the meeting.

30.   Federal advisory panels are hard at work on the first drafts of such rules.