Executives are employed specifically to ensure that procurement rules are being obeyed, and outsiders, including independent accounting firms, are asked to review the companies' efforts.

They were practical and Christian people-albeit grim when they reviewed for Larch their earlier efforts to have a child of their own.

She'd reviewed his efforts, given more instructions on how to hone the effect-and never once asked him what he intended to do, for which he was grateful.

The criticism came at a AIDS Advisory Council hearing to review the state's efforts against the epidemic.

"I am very angry," Mr. Rohrbough said, reviewing his failed efforts to gain more information from Sheriff Stone.

Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars and other entertainment magazines reviewed the band's efforts favorably.

Ed Cumming reviews their efforts.

Ms. Thorpe said the department reviewed the agencies' efforts, expecting to find that some of them fell short.

The view of the E.P.A. is particularly important because it is reviewing the city's efforts to protect its water.

Ms. Pattison, who has taught for 28 years, looks a bit shattered as she reviews her recent efforts to gut her classes.