1.   Berisha, a former Communist, has kept the reins of the powerful secret police and state media.

2.   His boss is Karen P. Hughes, a top Bush adviser and longtime loyalist from Texas who directs communications and media strategy and keeps tight rein on the messengers.

3.   Part of the reason, he suggested, was that Norcal management has wanted to keep tight reins on the business.

4.   Singapore, for example, restricts Singapore dollar loans to foreigners in order to keep a rein on money supply growth.

5.   Slowing economic growth keeps a rein on inflation, which erodes the value of fixed-income securities such as bonds.

6.   Some critics say these differences are the result of competition, with some clinics keeping a rein on age boundaries to boost success rates.

7.   The silly routines about the restaurant continue, but the core plots have returned to serious business while keeping a rein on outlandishness.

8.   Because the banking system is all-important to the health of an economy, it is crucial that a tight rein be kept on the running of banks.

9.   He also wanted to keep reins on the power of former Premier Andrei Lukanov, a powerful figure in Topenergy until shortly before his assassination last October.

10.   How do you keep a rein on calendar, career, customers and emotions when chaos reigns?