Such cutbacks would come at a time when many social-service agencies already feel overwhelmed.

A baby was allowed to die for lack of a 10p medicine because no agency felt responsible.

But the agency "felt that was a little too controversial," he added.

Their agency felt like it used to feel during our first two years in business.

The agency thus acutely felt the need to gather evidence quickly and get on with a focused pursuit of suspects.

At first, after the terrorists breezed through our $30-billion-a-year intelligence system on 9/11, both agencies felt vulnerable.

But other agencies felt an impact closer to the bottom line of the Government budget.

"It's a cultural issue in which the agency feels it can't pressure drug makers."

Many agencies, however, feel they cannot have the luxury of being sensitive.

But she said the agency feels that women in general are well-represented in most drug studies.