1.   The bishops were, of course, the persons whom the pope intended to carry out and enforce the decrees of the Council.

2.   At the level at which the Taliban decrees are enforced, lower-ranking clerics speak in a way that is chillingly reminiscent of other totalitarian systems.

3.   But the longstanding battle to enforce court decrees seems to have reached a new impasse.

4.   In any case, the sheriff does not enforce divorce decrees.

5.   Taliban leaders flew in from Kabul with hundreds of fighters and began enforcing their decrees.

6.   The decrees are enforced.

7.   The Jakarta police chief, Sofjan Jacob, ordered his men not to enforce the decree but instead to protect the Parliament, according to a local television report.

8.   The Jakarta police chief, Sofjan Jacob, ordered his men not to enforce the decree but instead to protect Parliament, according to a local television report.

9.   The spring harvest will tell the tale, but early reports indicate that at least in some regions the militia have enforced the decree.

10.   Without an army or police force of its own, it was unlikely that Karzai would be able to enforce the decree in a serious way.