11.   In Indonesia, and other countries, the International Monetary Fund has all but demanded that the government suspend major construction projects as a precondition of getting international help.

12.   In November, in an effort to bolster the stock market, the Japanese government suspended for three years a tax that had strongly discouraged stock buybacks.

13.   Last fall, after the Hunter planes crashed three times in one month, the government suspended production of the troubled aircraft indefinitely.

14.   Last week the government suspended the deposit plan, two days after it went into effect.

15.   Netanyahu himself said he would favor early elections if the government suspended the Syrian talks until the vote.

16.   On Sunday, the government also suspended plans to free Palestinian prisoners, and other measures intended to push the talks forward.

17.   The Australian government today suspended Daiwa as the Asian manager in the partial sale of Telstra Corp., the national telecommunications carrier, because of the probe.

18.   The Chinese government has suspended official collaboration in areas like military cooperation and human rights.

19.   The federal government has suspended much of the research at Hopkins and is insisting on reviews and reforms before it can resume.

20.   The federal government suspended printing millions of tax-rebate checks at one of eight sites after six taxpayers received two checks apiece.