51.   More sophisticated vehicle inspections are a key part of the national effort to curb summertime smog, but they have provoked repeated showdowns between EPA and some states.

52.   Now, however, an inspection is a necessity.

53.   Once the inspection is complete, salvage and restoration can begin.

54.   On one day in late November, the inspections were mostly random, Casad said.

55.   On the one hand, Washington had decided that the inspections were ineffective and left events hostage to Iraqi whims.

56.   Other inspections were less complete.

57.   Once approved, said Vincent Falcone, a fire protection plan examiner in the Fire Department, further inspections are rare, usually only when somebody complains.

58.   Others believe the tattoo inspections are intrusive.

59.   Others note that UN inspections are no guarantee.

60.   Potentially less encouraging is the prospect that this stiff-necked inspection is predicate for a government-financed bailout.