1.   By trimming down the first act, they kept the pace going, and the second act benefited.

2.   Analysts said the company should keep that pace for at least the next two years.

3.   After his magnificent regular season, Gonzalez had trouble keeping the pace in the postseason.

4.   But politics and national pride have kept the pace slow.

5.   During service he calls out orders, keeps the pace and, when necessary, cracks the whip.

6.   Eleven marathon veterans ran with groups of runners to give advice, encourage participants and challenge them to keep a pace.

7.   If he keeps his pace, Dole will clinch the top place on the Republican ticket next Tuesday in the California primary.

8.   If stock markets settle down, that may make it tough for bonds to keep the pace of their recent gains.

9.   No station or paper has been immune from the pressure to keep pace, to be on the scene.

10.   Policymakers at the Federal Reserve meet in two weeks to decide whether to push up interest rates to keep the pace of economic growth from causing inflation to accelerate.