1.   But most choose not to accept cash assistance and instead sign up for the Early Employment program, says Peter Herbert, regional director for the International Rescue Committee.

2.   He said this is why Japanese authorities were slow both in accepting assistance from the rest of the world and in mounting their own relief effort.

3.   He said UNSCOM is permitted by Security Council resolutions to accept assistance from all member countries.

4.   If banks accept government assistance, the banks will have to raise fresh capital from shareholders, usually by selling convertible or subordinated debt securities.

5.   Instead, Pyongyang agreed to accept nonmonetary assistance, like food or coal.

6.   Nearly two hours after plunging back to Earth, Glenn appeared a bit wobbly on the tour and accepted discreet assistance from NASA administrator Dan Goldin.

7.   Some say that more than national pride is at stake in the reluctance to accept foreign assistance.

8.   Yeltsin accepts the assistance of like-minded parties when it is politically convenient and distances himself from them when it is not.

9.   Zapatista communities refuse to accept assistance from government agencies, saying that officials use it to sway their loyalties.

10.   Botswana said Thursday it will not accept financial assistance from international organizations working to help hunter-gatherer tribes continue living in a massive game reserve.