But in a Washington speech to supporters of Israel on June 11, Mr. Quayle showed again that the Administration can disagree with Israel without distorting the historic truth.

In a letter to President Bush on Friday, he urged the White House to pay more attention to lobbying for keeping the capital standards, instead of for less important provisions the Administration disagrees with.

The Administration acknowledges the opportunity, but disagrees on tactics.

Administration Disagrees The Administration took issue with Mr. Bowsher's assessment.

If the Administration should disagree, diplomats said, it would not, under the terms of its agreement with Congress, be able to provide continued aid to contra forces that reject the plan.

The Administration and European governments acknowledge the problem but disagree on how to solve it.

If the Administration disagrees with the European plan, then it would seem to be under a heavy obligation to propose its own.

The Administration, and many economists, disagree with Mr. Mishel's diagnosis, although they do not challenge the institute's finding that the hourly wages of college-educated men continued to deteriorate during the recovery.

But in this case the arithmetic was particularly subjective, because Congress and the Administration disagree on what is a genuine spending cut and what is simply an accounting gimmick.

The Administration disagrees.