11.   Aides said the government agency that provided the funds would work to ensure that there was a secular alternative to any services sponsored by a religious group.

12.   Breeders, going for predictability, worked to ensure that almost all turkey hatchlings had those characteristics.

13.   Charlene Barshefsky, the U.S. trade representative, said she would work to ensure that the dispute does not derail cooperation with the European Union on other fronts.

14.   Despite cynicism among many voters that party leaders have been working to ensure a Labastida victory, PRI officials said turnout had been heavy across the country.

15.   Even as Broadway works to ensure audiences for the current season, plans are afoot for an array of long-term initiatives aimed at encouraging future productions.

16.   For starters, Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg should work to ensure that every New Yorker who is eligible for food stamps actually gets them.

17.   Johnson wanted original art at the church and he worked to ensure that this Mary was seen as a woman and a mother.

18.   Levin accused the National Rifle Association of working to ensure that the gun-control measures never become law.

19.   McCaskill recommended that the state work to ensure that all tank owners are in compliance with the new federal rules, then move them to private insurers.