51.   Both Severn Trent and Wessex declined to make a formal offer until the U.K. government has given its approval.

52.   A group of villagers said the government gives them a candidate list and tells them to vote from that list.

53.   A Justice Department official said the government had given Wackenhut and the Louisiana Department of Corrections a proposal for immediate improvements at Jena.

54.   Across Eastern Europe, crime has skyrocketed as authoritarian governments have given way to democratic ones.

55.   Advocates say the federal government should give those policies time to be assessed.

56.   Already, Wessex Water Plc has announced it will bid for South West Water if the government gives its blessings.

57.   All will depend on whether our government will give enough money.

58.   Broadcasters are trying to make money the way they always have -- by getting the government to give them free bandwidth and rigging the regulations in their favour.

59.   Buenaventura said he also expects the government to give it approval within the year to have more of its stock in foreign hands.

60.   Broadcasters are insisting that the government give every TV station a second channel for the transition to new digital transmission technology.