1.   ...a nationwide system of aqueducts to carry water to the arid parts of this country.

2.   And third was that the American postal system became an effective nationwide system by the third quarter of the century.

3.   Brazil introduced a nationwide system of charges for transmitting electricity, in a move that paves the way for a power grid supplied by investor-owned companies.

4.   A federal investigation into how well Washington follows through on state nursing home inspections used Missouri to show that the system nationwide has problems.

5.   A group of Baby Bell companies including Bell Atlantic Corp., Nynex Corp., US West Inc. and Airtouch Communications Inc. also plan a nationwide PCS system.

6.   A nationwide licensing system for all sellers of tobacco products also would be established.

7.   A nationwide licensing system for all sellers of tobacco products also would be established, and retailers who get caught selling to minors could lose their licenses.

8.   AirTouch teamed with Bell Atlantic Corp., Nynex Corp. and U S West Inc. to build a nationwide PCS system.

9.   Building a nationwide system around one of the systems requires a massive investment in FCC licenses, cellular relay towers, and other hardware.

10.   But by the weekend, the outage was being described by utility officials as the worst act of sabotage of a power system nationwide in at least a decade.