61.   Asked for its views, the Clinton administration urged the court to reject the appeal.

62.   Before meeting with Ross, Netanyahu suggested he was willing to make concessions to the Palestinians as the Clinton administration reportedly has urged.

63.   Before meeting with U.S. mediator Dennis Ross, Netanyahu suggested he was willing to make concessions to the Palestinians as the Clinton administration reportedly has urged.

64.   But the administration is not urging Pakistan to take on that intermediary role, the official said.

65.   For months, the Clinton administration has been urging Aristide to schedule the elections early enough to give Haiti time to make an orderly and democratic transition of power.

66.   Goaded by conversatives at home, the Clinton administration has been urging the world body to streamline its unwieldy bureaucracy and make better use of its resources.

67.   His administration has quietly urged Canada, Australia and Japan to scuttle an effort by pro-treaty nations to implement the pact without the United States.

68.   In a related development, the administration urged Israel on Thursday to halt the assaults that have raised the civilian death toll in Palestinian areas.

69.   In a related development, the Bush administration urged Israel on Thursday to halt its widening assaults that have raised the civilian death toll in Palestinian areas.

70.   In Washington, the Bush administration urged the leaders of the two countries to come to an understanding at a South Asia summit next week in Nepal.