Seem to remember someone making the suggestion of linking direct payments to being accredited and thereby raising standards.

But when lawmakers return in January, they may consider proposals to restrict the aid or to impose new conditions linking further payments to human rights.

The Cuomo administration said yesterday that it would propose linking payments to the state's hospitals to the quality of care the hospitals provide.

A large part of their income also comes from an employee phantom stock program that links payments to profitability.

The proposals call for sharp cuts in Federal farm spending and for changes in the rules linking payments to how much a farmer grows.

Md., has renegotiated its contract with the Lockheed-Martin Corporation for technical operation of the two plants, linking payments to productivity and safety.

One of the initiatives would link payments to actual market prices, which are often much lower.

In recent political corruption cases in Connecticut, prosecutors sometimes invoked the official acts of politicians as evidence of guilt without linking specific acts and payments.

Despite President Clinton's speech on Friday in which he called for the United States to pay its bills, the Administration is still linking reform and payments.

In recent weeks, some of his advisers have raised the possibility of following Peru's example of linking payments to exports.