1.   An EPA policy allows polluters a choice of agreeing to a settlement that benefits communities that suffer from spills.

2.   As a single parent who travels often, Ms. Teiken says the policy allows her to pursue a career she loves without sacrificing peace of mind.

3.   Administrators also are considering a policy to allow women having children in the midst of a semester to be assigned to nonteaching duties, Ritter said.

4.   Again, store personnel said corporate policy did not allow them to speak to the media.

5.   Air Force policy allows all personnel their constitutional free exercise of religious beliefs, said Col. Mike Huhn, basic military training commander at the San Antonio base.

6.   But the policy allows for removal of service members who engage in homosexual conduct.

7.   But United States and Major League Baseball policy never allowed the initiatives to get far.

8.   By calling for such a vote, the policy allowed a majority of students to impose a religious service on the minority.

9.   Congress and the Justice Department are investigating whether the policy allowed China to divert advanced American technology and improve the accuracy of its military rockets.

10.   Enacted in the wake of the Tiananmen Square crackdown against pro-democracy advocates, the U.S. policy allows presidents to waive prohibitions on letting China launch U.S.-made satellites.