And the ministers set the pumps going again, with the letter to work the handles.

The minister, however, being an authority figure, set Macey's mind at ease.

That ministers set one policy for dealing with Saddam Hussein.and operated another in secret.

But ministers did not set a timetable or announce the fate of 80 other outposts.

At one point, the Vietnamese prime minister had set a target to complete the line by 2013.

Once the ministers set a production ceiling, they will have to divide the total among member nations.

But there are signs that the prime minister has got his timing right and is setting a shrewd course.

The bloc's foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels, set no new date for the start of talks, which had been scheduled to begin today.

The prime minister won't even set the agenda for these meetings that will start in January.

The prime minister must set in motion constitutional and party procedures for smooth political developments.