1.   Created as a defensive measure to counter the Soviet threat, NATO now sees itself as an alliance aimed at combating regional instability or undertaking peacekeeping missions.

2.   Haddock was inspired to undertake her mission by a friend in New Hampshire with whom she met regularly for exercise and political discussions.

3.   He then worked for the bauxite industry and finally undertook missions for the International Executive Service Corps in West Africa and Tunisia.

4.   She undertook aid missions to many countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, including Thailand, Cambodia, Mali and Niger.

5.   Soon after my junior-high visit, I decided to reread some Pease, undertaking the mission with some trepidation, but was quickly put at ease.

6.   Still, they praised Clinton for undertaking the mission to Syria and acknowledged that the talks with Assad could open the way to stepped-up negotiations.

7.   The near miss led Ingvall to reflect on why he undertook the mission.

8.   Then she quarreled bitterly with an aunt shortly before she undertook her mission, without a word to her family.

9.   While some suggested that the plane had mechanical problems, others said that that was highly unlikely because the surveillance planes undergo rigorous scrutiny before they undertake a mission.

10.   A senior U.S. official said a Powell mission could be undertaken as early as next week, but that Bush had not made a decision yet.