The administration has declined to make public data for years since then.

Over the last several days, the administration had declined to take a position on the drilling plan.

Administration, selling and general costs declined 4.4 percent, to $572.4 million, the company said.

The administration has also declined to conduct such a survey itself.

The administration declined to provide details on what exactly these difficulties were.

Previous administrations declined to say what they would do if war broke out.

The administration has declined to describe the monitors' specific tasks.

The administration declined to say when it would choose to seek warrants under the new plan.

The Administration declined to comment yesterday on the proposed bill, which has not yet been filed, until a copy was available.

But the administration declined to pursue the most aggressive of Enron's recommendations.