1.   But since then, Marshall and others say, potential foes have acquired means of attacking such clumps of American forces using satellite imagery and precision-guided missiles.

2.   Here is a chance for the administration to acquire the means to give it new life.

3.   Most are harmless, and the expression chip may help determine how Vibro cholerae, the causative agent of the disease, acquired the means to infect people.

4.   U.S. intelligence has documented efforts by Osama bin Laden to acquire the means to build biological and chemical weapons, Cohen said.

5.   We will do everything we can to make sure he does not acquire the means to deliver weapons of mass destruction.

6.   Yet in case of disaster, the IMF is also acquiring the means to bail out countries.

7.   Rumsfeld did not offer his own assessment of how far al-Qaida had progressed toward the apparent goal of acquiring the means to develop weapons of mass destruction.

8.   The European Union must acquire the means to back up its foreign policy with military action if necessary, British and Italian foreign ministers told their colleagues Monday.

9.   They and other negotiators urged adding inspections of suspected violators and underscored the responsibility of countries to stop residents from acquiring the means of making biological weapons.