1.   The government needed more time to study the proposals, Trippier insisted.

2.   How do you get time to study?

3.   And Senate President John McKay said he wanted more time to study the matter.

4.   At least two members wanted more time to study the issue before voting, and one voting member, a student, was absent.

5.   A spokesman for the New York Independent System Operator, which had also sought to form its own authority, said it needed more time to study the order.

6.   But he said the administration wanted more time to study a full report on inspections expected next week.

7.   But one person close to the discussions said that the pilots actually liked the idea and simply asked Northwest for more time to study the proposal.

8.   But they want more time to study the issue, preferably in hearings before the House Judiciary Committee and other relevant panels.

9.   Clinton administration officials say they need more time to study details about the aims and length of the mission.