1.   Haley Barbour, the GOP chairman, has intervened to try to derail anti-smoking legislation in two states.

2.   In separate statements, Prime Minister Romano Prodi and President Clinton intervened to try to calm the waters.

3.   Or would he decide that American values were at stake and the United States should intervene to try to stop a potential genocide?

4.   Should it intervene to try to stop the six-year-long conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan?

5.   The South African central bank did not intervene to try to stop the slide, although it bought and sold small quantities of currency to keep the market liquid.

6.   They then intervened to try to stop the firing almost as soon as it began.

7.   After Krupp announced its plans, politicians intervened to try to mediate a merger that would save as many jobs as possible.

8.   After the threat, the United States intervened to try to keep the violence from growing.

9.   On Monday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa revealed that Egypt had intervened to try to resolve the problem.

10.   Senior ANC leaders had intervened to try to defuse the struggle for domination of the organization in North-West Province between Molefe and Malebane-Metsing.