1.   It may be that their meeting with the new people hastens change, but it is perceptible almost from the beginning.

2.   But it could hasten changes that Condit and his predecessors have talked about implementing for the last decade, with little apparent progress.

3.   But some Beijingers say the Olympics could hasten positive changes.

4.   He urged that Arafat be isolated to hasten a change of leadership for the Palestinians.

5.   Now, in an article in the February issue of Commentary, he predicts that the economic shocks in Asia will hasten political change in the region.

6.   Some Cubans expressed hope that the poking and prodding from reporters would further hasten change.

7.   Rapid economic growth in recent years has hastened social changes, as more women have entered the workplace, achieved greater financial independence and married foreign-born men.

8.   The movement has called for peaceful action on political and social fronts to hasten changes such as an open media and more accountability from authorities.