11.   And American officials, fighting smugness, lectured Asian-Pacific leaders on the need to take action now to prevent deeper problems in the future.

12.   And without giving details, Clinton said he wanted government action to prevent medical errors that harm tens of thousands of people a year.

13.   As the planes neared each other, computers on both aircraft alerted crews to take evasive action to prevent a collision.

14.   Before that, Japanese Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said Japan is prepared to take action to prevent excessive currency movements.

15.   A device incorporating a predictive signal-processing algorithm might be able to take gentle action to prevent a problem rather than more extreme measures to fix it.

16.   Action can prevent an outbreak of misbehavior.

17.   Bush took no action to prevent former aides from lobbying the Legislature or state agencies.

18.   But Congress could take further action to prevent a strike.

19.   China regards Taiwan as a renegade province and has said repeatedly that it would take military action to prevent the island from asserting independence.

20.   China maintains that Taiwan is a rebellious province and has pledged it would take military action to prevent any move toward independence.