1.   And he pointedly refused to consider a prenuptial agreement to protect his fortune when he married Joan.

2.   Any agreement must protect kids from tobacco and be acceptable to the public health community, Clinton aides say.

3.   But he also said insisting that China play by the rules and live up to its agreements protects and benefits all U.S. exporters.

4.   But the governor said his agreement would protect the landowners.

5.   Denver-based Titanium Metals said the long-term agreement will protect it from slowdowns in the aerospace industry that could affect sales.

6.   Jill Ratner, president of the Oakland, Calif.-based Rose Foundation, said it was too early to tell if the agreement would truly protect the environment.

7.   Small farmers have friends in Congress, where Sen. Wendell Ford, a Kentucky Democrat, will insist that any agreement protect them.

8.   Some experts contend that Neustadter was naive in thinking that a confidentiality agreement alone would protect his technology.

9.   Species conservation agreements protect rare species through a program of inventory, monitoring, research and public education.

10.   Such an agreement would have protected the state if problems had occurred in the transactions, Jaekle said.