But the Bureau worked assiduously, and in the spirit of the act, throughout the process.

"Greyhound has resisted the letter and spirit of the act since long before it was passed," Ms. Golden said.

"The decision not only goes against the spirit of the act, but goes against Congress," Ms. Nelson said.

Environmentalists say the changes are fundamentally at odds with the spirit of the act because they would divert money that was originally aimed at fighting water pollution to economic development.

While we are committed to putting the letter and spirit of the act into effect, it will take time and additional budget resources to better I.R.S. performance across the board.

However, GAO's disclosure policy follows the spirit of the act consistent with GAO's duties and functions as an agency with primary responsibility to the Congress.

In most cases the spirit of the act, and thus the actions of the ACCC, favours neither consumer nor supplier, but strives to achieve a competitive market without artificial restrictions.

Sammy Tigertail believed the pacifist preacher would have approved of what he and Gillian were doing-the conciliatory spirit of the act, if not some of the boisterously subjugating positions.

Some, contrary to the spirit of the Act of 1834, supplemented wages and gave outdoor relief to the unemployed, recognizing that on occasion jobs were not to be found; others offered only the workhouse.

Although Newcastle is having to run very hard to catch up with the mechanics of community care, Roycroft thinks that in terms of the spirit of the act, the city is already way ahead.

Gradually they got into the spirit of the act, pushing and kicking the wall, slamming their shoulders into it, running laps around it to make sure it began and ended where it seemed to.

While GAO is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act, its disclosure policy follows the spirit of the act consistent with GAO's duties and responsibilities to the Congress.

Generally he exhorted muslim believers to treat slaves with equanimity, and he commended the spirit of the act of manumission by a master equally to the degree that he damned the initiative of slave who might take their own freedom.

Donald E. Williams Jr., a Democrat from Brooklyn and the Senate president pro tempore, said that sales of noncarbonated beverages, especially water, have grown at such a rapid rate that including them is in line with the original spirit of the act.

"I think the senators on both sides should really grill him on not just his commitment to the Voting Rights Act, but his understanding of what the fight was all about - the spirit of the act, not just the letter," Mr. Lewis said.