The administration has not settled on its strategy, the diplomat said, and it may yield in the short term to the European initiative.

The administration settled for creating a panel with binding powers to hammer out ways to make workers more productive in the future.

The administration then settled on a plan to leave thoroughbred racing in the hands of a restructured racing association.

The new administration swiftly settled one of the Giuliani-era lawsuits by promising more education and training for welfare recipients.

Earlier this year the administration and Congress settled on a ceiling of $686 billion in so-called discretionary spending for the current fiscal year.

By early last year, the coalition and the administration had settled on the Bronx and Queens locations.

The department plans to issue supplements early next year - once Mr. Giuliani's administration settles into place.

In fact, senior administration officials said, they expected that the administration would settle on a broad approach to be announced by Mr. Bush next week.

The administration had instead settled for a policy of "holding the line", which basically meant the continuation of containment.

Her administration settled a long running reservation border dispute, which centered on the 107th meridian and had lasted for more than 100 years.