"Right after 9/11, this administration determined to do bait and switch on the American public," he said.

North Korea vexed another American administration determined to keep the isolated Stalinist nation from atomic arms.

The administration determined that the surge in complaints, largely due to the 311 telephone system instituted in 2003, meant that more resources were needed.

"I'm not certain how administration and Congressional analysts determined the follow-on impacts of every provision in what is the world's most complex tax code."

Under a city law that went into effect in September, the administration can determine who works and owns businesses in the market.

He said the administration had not yet determined what the contribution limits should be.

By July 1997, the administration determined that no evidence of any such thing had yet been proven.

The speech was vigorously argued and revealed an administration determined to use all means to make its case.

But by Sept. 26, a senior administration official said last week, the administration had determined that the threat against Air Force One was not real.

Suppose the administration had determined that a bailout of Enron was necessary to avert a financial catastrophe.