1.   Another approaching deadline arrives Saturday, the last day teams can offer contract extensions to current players.

2.   A key element is the approaching deadline for talks with the European Union over the admission of Cyprus as an associate member.

3.   Despite the approaching deadline, there has been a lull in Muslim militant violence during the last two months.

4.   Neither would comment last week on the approaching deadline.

5.   Other negatives weighing on the market included the approaching deadline for the trade talks between the United States and Japan, and threat of sanctions if talks fail.

6.   The approaching deadline, complicated rules and widespread public misunderstanding about the law have left many immigrant families panicked.

7.   The fast approaching deadline for trading players without waivers was the topic of conversation.

8.   But the report questions whether the sensors will be of sufficient quality for mass production by the quickly approaching deadline.

9.   Digging in their heels despite an approaching deadline, delegates at global warming talks Friday dismissed a last-minute compromise proposal as a sellout to the United States.

10.   IFOR officials believe the insidious presence of mines to be the biggest problem in meeting a rapidly approaching deadline for territory exchanges provided for by the Dayton peace accords.