1.   He said the holes could hasten the spread of fire through the ship.

2.   Software is increasingly becoming a Web-based service whose main goal is to hasten the spread of electronic commerce over the Internet.

3.   The United States has long been worried that such technology could be subject to terrorist attack or theft, thus hastening the spread of nuclear weapons.

4.   Discriminating against and isolating people infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS would drive them underground and hasten the spread of the disease, Wako said.

5.   PARIS -- AIDS activists charged that discrimination against homosexuals has hastened the spread of the disease and on Thursday they urged nations around the world to guarantee gay rights.

6.   Syphilis, herpes hasten spread of AIDS.

7.   There is some speculation that El Nino has also hastened the spread of dengue fever in Indonesia.

8.   There is some speculation that El Nino has hastened the spread of dengue fever by altering the climate.

9.   There is some speculation that El Nino has hastened the spread of dengue fever through Southeast Asia by altering the climate.

10.   He highlighted the lack of firefighting equipment and said plastics stored in the building had hastened the spread of the flames.