The preliminary document will be studied and possibly revised before final action next year.

"However, these notes should enable the staff member you assign to help me in preparing the proper preliminary documents."

Producing the preliminary documents took nearly four years, from 1968 to 1972.

A Justice Department official said this was a preliminary document and the eventual version, issued on Nov. 8, made counterterrorism "the No. 1 goal."

House Democratic staff members have drafted a summary of health insurance legislation for their leaders to discuss with other Democrats, but the preliminary document does not resolve many delicate issues, like timing.

The latest study, a preliminary document released in December, would maintain the current limit of 720 snowmobiles a day in Yellowstone, even though current daily use hovers around 250.

However, in response to public pressure TRM filed the preliminary documents to compete and sent Natalia Barbu with song "Fight".

The preliminary document calls for greater support for domestic industry, more vigorous tax collection and a pledge to pay pensions and government salaries on time.

A working group, the , was established and the Secretary-General of the European School presented a preliminary document to this group.

According to preliminary documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Computer Associates showed a loss of $1.3 billion for 2001.