1.   The second category covers payments made to obtain quicker official approval of some project, to speed up the wheels of government.

2.   But Krinkie said the payments simply make his state look stupid.

3.   But the lower payment has not made her finances any easier.

4.   Coding hardware included in the computers from which the payments are sent make the payment secure from interception.

5.   Federal law requires civilian hospitals, insurance companies and HMOs to report to the data base all payments made on behalf of doctors in malpractice cases.

6.   For example, the investigators were said to have obtained evidence that some Columbia units were reporting interest payments on debt made to other Columbia entities as reimbursable expenses.

7.   Fixed payments also make bonds a more attractive investment relative to stocks as yields rise.

8.   Investors still have cash to spend from the seasonal bond payments made in the beginning of July.

9.   It focused on improved market surveillance, including reporting large trading positions, establishing margin payments made in cash on a daily basis and segregation of customer funds.

10.   Its suit seeks to stop the Shuttle and its executives from modifying the plan without an agreement with the union and from demanding repayment of disability payments already made.