1.   Even so, supporters of the compromise said the pact would help all Texans by easing the tax burden on businesses.

2.   Mexican finance leaders said they expected the new pact to help stabilize the currency.

3.   That budget pact helped extend the life of Medicare by cutting reimbursement rates to health care providers.

4.   The pact will also help Pennsylvania many residents move from public assistance rolls to the private sector Ridge told the Bloomberg Forum.

5.   The trade pact has helped some people in Monterrey do quite well.

6.   Analysts said the pact helps both companies make up lost ground in the race to grab market share for LCDs.

7.   Both sides agree that pact helped increase sales opportunities for foreign-made computer chips in Japan and benefited companies on both sides.

8.   Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said the pact would help check Muslim extremists believed to be trying to establish a hardline Islamic state in Southeast Asia.

9.   Not all agree that the trade pact even would help Latin America.

10.   South Korea hoped the new pact would help its airlines at a time of economic difficulties by increasing their sales.