1.   And if retailers cannot get help from the outside, they are happy to dangle carrots for those within.

2.   But the new leaders are also dangling carrots in front of the central bank.

3.   Rodriguez clearly dangled carrots before the wealthy investors she approached initially.

4.   Still, Prime Minister Chretien refuses to offer a middle ground for Quebecers, by dangling the carrot of constitutional changes to favor Quebec in exchange for Canadian unity.

5.   That makes it harder to leave when MCI comes dangling a carrot.

6.   They dangle the carrot, we vote, they pull the carrot away.

7.   Thus, while the Rockets dangle the carrot in front of the new thoroughbred, the old warhorse could slip out the side door of the barn.

8.   British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook dangled a carrot in front of India Thursday to try to prevent an escalation of its nuclear arms race with Pakistan.

9.   Russian generals regularly dangle the carrot of a cease-fire in front of worried villagers, pulling the ground of popular support from under the feet of rebel fighters.

10.   At the same time, it dangled a carrot to French industry by stressing the potential for lucrative contracts with China in the future.