1.  It also passed an emergency resolution opposing federal anti-affirmative action legislation.

2.  The effect of the new law on high-rise and condominium dwellers is less clear, pending federal action expected later this year.

3.  Federal action was concentrated in Slovenia in order to seal off the two breakaway republics from outside aid.

4.  An attorney for Pinault, Stephen Smerek of Los Angeles, declined to comment on possible federal actions.

5.  And gas supplies that would otherwise go to California have been siphoned to the Midwest, where federal regulatory action has mandated the switch to cleaner-burning fuel.

6.  And Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, called for swift federal action.

7.  And some analysts think federal action to reduce payments for skilled nursing care and related contract rehabilitation services would lift these stocks from under a cloud.

8.  Appeals for federal action by then-Gov. Cecil Andrus were ignored.

9.  Both the state and federal actions used a novel legal argument whose potency has been proved by the Virginia Electric deal and the talks with other companies.

10.  A few days later, the state filed its own complaint against Smithfield, knowing that this usually pre-empted any federal action.