1.   The appropriate minister retains complete discretion whether or not to refer a merger to the Commission, and whether or not to accept any recommendation.

2.   Lynch said in an interview Thursday that he had complete discretion from GE and Kidder to get to the bottom of the matter.

3.   Mutual funds, on the other hand, have complete discretion on how they value the Arakis shares on their books.

4.   The Assembly majority countered with a bill that would have given trial judges complete discretion over the nonviolent Class B felons.

5.   The Interior Secretary would have complete discretion over additions to the list.

6.   Until this case, lawyers thought they had almost complete discretion in choosing their clients, said Andrew L. Kaufman, a professor at Harvard Law School.