Erzhu ordered the imperial officials to welcome Emperor Xiaozhuang into the capital, and the officials complied.

Mr. McNeil agreed, on the tongue-in-cheek condition that the estimate be revised, and was dumbfounded when the official complied.

The officials complied with her wishes, and he was deposed and put to death.

Track and field's world governing body ordered Mary Slaney's entry withdrawn from the national championships today, but American officials did not immediately comply.

A Chinese official complied on camera, writing the order on a legal pad.

Obey the laws and see that they are observed by all and that public officials comply with their duties.

The agency was created by Congress to help officials comply with the rules.

But he says he imposed detailed orders only after officials did not comply with more general ones that would have given them more leeway.

That responsibility encompasses identifying the requirements with which the entity and the official must comply and implementing systems designed to achieve that compliance.

In Washington, the White House said that the official would comply.