1.   Army officials granted relatively free access to the post and to soldiers, allowing them to speak without an army spokesman present.

2.   After informing district officials that she had retained a lawyer and is filing a lawsuit, officials granted her daughter a seat in her choice school.

3.   But by last year, state officials had granted permits to one transfer station and four disposal companies.

4.   Despite two rulings by the immigration agency to deny her application, immigration officials granted Abankwah asylum after she took her case to a federal appeals court.

5.   If he could get Tulane officials to grant him a leave of absence, his health might improve enough to return to his studies in the future.

6.   In return, federal officials have granted the city a long-term waiver from rules that would otherwise require filtration.

7.   NASCAR Winston Cup officials granted the beleaguered Ford and Dodge camps a quarter-inch reduction in rear spoiler height in a bulletin issued Friday morning.

8.   NCAA officials granted him an unexpected extra season of eligibility as a medical hardship case.

9.   Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties imposed outdoor burning bans in mid-January, though officials can grant special permission for controlled burns and families may hold barbecues.

10.   Rules could be written requiring border officials to grant them a hearing.