61.   Ridge said later the administration would consider the request for a new kind of grant.

62.   Several cash infusions that have drawn criticism will be in the budget, though the administration does not consider them gimmicks.

63.   Shortly after the decision, Christine Barshefsky, the US Trade Representative, said the administration is considering unilateral sanctions against Japan in retaliation for its trade policies.

64.   Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., also questioned why the Clinton administration considers Kosovo more important to U.S. interests than other countries where ethnic conflicts rage.

65.   Some former Clinton administration officials said the reductions the Bush administration is considering are less significant than advertised.

66.   Spokesman James Rubin said the Clinton administration considered the vote an unnecessary and untimely mistake that could lead to unilateral actions on the part of the Israelis.

67.   Such a move would mean that the administration was considering a change in its tough policy that bans all trade with Iran and encourages its allies to isolate Iran.

68.   Specter has said the administration has been considering sending peacekeepers as part of an overall Middle East settlement.

69.   Taken together, they seemed to imply that the administration is seriously considering a significant shift in its stance toward Arafat.

70.   The administration considered the vast majority to be fugitives from hunger and want, not refugees from political repression.