21.   Still, despite the new flexibility and the variety of choices, planning is required.

22.   The Chinese showed new flexibility by letting the meeting with the crew last an hour.

23.   The Functional Cargo Block was also modified so that it could be refueled by the shuttle, adding new flexibility for the arrival of the service module.

24.   The move has unleashed a flurry of acquisitions as banks used the new flexibility to snap up brokerage houses or expand their own operations.

25.   The new flexibility is also opening corporate eyes.

26.   The new flexibility brought the threat of chaos, however, as natural gas prices began fluctuating wildly.

27.   The states got new flexibility to run welfare programs as they choose.

28.   They had fancy electronic links with their suppliers and boasted of the new flexibility that came with building to order, not for stock.

29.   Western diplomats deny that there is any direct connection between their new flexibility and recent Russian complaints.

30.   What form new American flexibility might take, should it develop, was unclear.