1.   Fitzwater said that feelings between Republicans and Clinton could further harden if the Senate aborts a trial before a vote on conviction is taken.

2.   Its purpose is to abort the censure movement before the censure movement aborts the trial.

3.   Some have expressed concern that the military -- which still strongly supports their former leader -- may apply pressure to abort any trial.

4.   His trial was aborted in September last year on the grounds of illness.

5.   The trial was aborted in September last year after doctors testified that he had suffered brain damage from an earlier stroke.

6.   Judges aborted the trial after his doctors said he was too ill to stand trial and prosecutors could not present him in the courtroom.