1.   Emerson had written that the proposed trade agreement could help improve the border environment.

2.   An agreement could help Philips and Sony more than Toshiba and Time-Warner.

3.   An agreement could help Philips and Sony more than Toshiba and Time Warner.

4.   An agreement would help curb the amount of federal debt, enabling the government to sell its bonds, notes and bills at lower interest rates.

5.   Analysts also said the agreement will help Apple cut its costs because it removes the burden of being the only maker of Macintosh hardware and software.

6.   Analysts said the agreement will help shares in KNP BT and its sister company, Leykam-Muerztaler Papier-und Zellstoff AG of Austria.

7.   And by tying Asia and the United States closer together, an APEC trade agreement would help to defuse political tensions.

8.   Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine, contended that an agreement would help the reputations of Clinton and the House Republicans.

9.   A new maritime communications agreement will help prevent accidental confrontations between American and Chinese naval units in Pacific waters.

10.   A peace agreement also could help head off any shift in the traditionally widespread support for Israel among the American people.