"We're delighted to offer the cooperative all the support we can, and hope that other cities will follow suit."

But presumably the panel would urge the court in that direction only if the city were following its plan.

He said the city followed its "pre-fire plan" to control it.

If the city does not follow through, the agency will require it to filter its water beginning in May 2002.

Which may be why the city and the federal government follow immigration policies that keep bumping up against each other.

As of March 2011, the city has not followed through on making this a reality.

Other cities followed suit, but not until the 1980s.

Other cities which were part of the Polish kingdom followed later.

Yet, as other cities follow Chicago's example, experts say it is still too early to rate the effectiveness of the policy against social promotion.

But the proposal is a significant improvement over any policy the city has followed before.