Most of the companies were discouraged by a new zoning amendment that required an exhaustive seven-month review for gambling ships leasing city piers.

Once the Department of City Planning certifies it as complete, the seven-month public review will begin.

The release of the environmental study triggers the beginning of a seven-month public review of what promises to be one of the most contested rezonings in city history.

Bill Schulz, a spokesman for Amtrak in Washington, said the decision came after a seven-month review.

Ketchum Advertising San Francisco yesterday won the $25 million Bank of America account after an unexpectedly long seven-month review that several advertising executives in that city called arduous.

The decision came after a seven-month review that had been narrowed to Grey and McKinney & Silver.

The decision came after a seven-month required review that began with 27 agencies and was narrowed to Mower and 6 other finalists.

E.D.S. selected Bates last month after a seven-month review.

The decision came after a seven-month review that been narrowed several times.

After a seven-month review, Education Secretary Lamar Alexander is expected to issue regulations on Wednesday that ban race-exclusive scholarships for college students, Administration officials said.