1.   Pre-empting an expected attack, Yeltsin praised the decision of the Fifth Congress to grant him extra presidential powers, and warned of chaos if they were removed.

2.   Analysts also praised the decision, though they added that it came sooner than expected.

3.   Analysts say that this second price adjustment was long overdue, and they praised the decision to link the internal price to international prices.

4.   Ann Parrent, a lawyer with the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, praised the decision.

5.   Andretti, an outspoken critic of the decision to race on the high-banked track here, praised the decision to postpone.

6.   Andrew Entwistle, one of the lawyers representing one of the creditors, the Florida state pension fund, praised the decision.

7.   Attorney General Jay Nixon, who had warned that the appeals threatened to scuttle the largest settlement in state history, praised the decision.

8.   Barbara S. Fox, who represented the woman in the case decided Friday, praised the decision.

9.   Both the Justice Department, which defended the law, and Rep.Michael G. Oxley, R-Ohio, who sponsored it, praised the decision.

10.   A group of major banks and corporations, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, praised the decision.