1.   Increased tensions with Iraq could lift oil prices on the premise that military action might halt deliveries.

2.   NATO has considered military action to halt violence by Serbs, a traditional Russian ally, against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.

3.   Republicans have blamed the Clinton administration for failing to notify lawmakers of the Chinese spying and of not taking quick action to halt the activity.

4.   Still, even Israeli officials acknowledge that military action alone cannot halt terrorist bombings if the Palestinians are determined to resist.

5.   The action halted billions of dollars of transactions that dozens of companies had hoped to use to borrow money at extremely low cost.

6.   The action halted sales of Outlook in Bombay.

7.   The national Girl Scouts organization had been accused in the complaint of failing to take the necessary action to halt the discrimination.

8.   Alarmed economists at home stepped up calls for more aggressive government actions to halt the economic slump.

9.   All of us, developed and developing countries alike, should take action now to halt global climate change.

10.   Also, critics lashed out at Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for failing to take strong action to halt the bloodshed.