1.   The government has passed new legislation to protect consumers.

2.   Several popular beaches were found unfit for bathing although the government passed them last year.

3.   The government passed laws allowing the police to tap telephones.

4.   To cut down on competition, the government passed price controls on prescription drugs.

5.   Environment Minister Frantisek Benda voiced concern about the plant, calling on the government to pass a nuclear regulatory law to ensure it operates safely.

6.   Although the government recently passed electoral reforms that call for residential voting, observers say the government has been slow to implement those changes.

7.   And, in Japan, the government passed a law requiring food companies to label products that have been genetically engineered.

8.   Australian state and territory leaders demanded in Sydney this week that the government pass laws to overturn the Wik decision.

9.   Before the commission announcement, Western governments were passing the word to Milosevic that his options were fast running out, senior Western officials said in telephone interviews.

10.   After the industry began sneaking the feathers in through Europe, the federal government passed similar laws.