But the sanctions don't take effect until 2003 - which may be one reason the department chose to be so direct this year.

In 1941, the department chose a distinctive badge design.

Mr. Cournoyer said the department chooses new volunteers twice a year.

Matters get stalled as rival departments choose to hide behind arcane laws.

But the department may choose to take into account Microsoft's concerns about the timetable for the breakup plan.

"It's a proactive and prudent measure the department has chosen to take."

The skills that individual departments chose means that their frameworks will differ slightly from each other.

Each department chooses a presiding judge from among the three.

It makes 19 recommendations for achieving this goal, among them, that each academic department, within its next three hires, choose one minority candidate.