81.   Michael Kharfen, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, said the administration did not want to engage in a debate with Edelman.

82.   Mr. Gore also said the administration wanted the Justice Department to have a bigger role in deciding whether to let local telephone companies enter the long-distance telephone market.

83.   Naturally, the Bush administration has wanted international support for its war on terrorism, but only up to a point.

84.   Now, his administration wants to sell a cemetery.

85.   Officials said the administration wanted a distinguished appointee, perhaps a veteran, who would face no trouble in a confirmation hearing.

86.   One reason the administration has wanted to move quickly with the system and the diplomacy to allow it is the intelligence assessments about the evolving missile threat.

87.   Overnight, it seemed, their allies were in Kabul, before even the Bush administration wanted them to be.

88.   Panetta had suggested yesterday the administration might want to balance the budget over eight years.

89.   Powell demurred, according to this account, saying that the administration did not want to make life even more difficult for Arab nations in the coalition.

90.   President Bush, in a statement issued as he signed the defense bill, said his administration wants the provisions of the Algiers Accords to remain in force.