1.   In the last week of February, Etiopia finally launched a major offensive at Badme.

2.   The general Marshalled his forces for a major offensive.

3.   The army is about to launch a major offensive.

4.   The combined Mozambican and Zimbabwean force launched major offensives in February and May, concentrating on rebel strongholds in Manica and Sofala provinces.

5.   Renamo insisted on Kenyan mediation and claimed that the Frelimo government had launched a major offensive against rebel-controlled zones.

6.   In January the government had launched a major offensive aimed at capturing the Karen headquarters at Manerplaw on the eastern border with Thailand.

7.   The security forces of Papua New Guinea in late October began a major offensive against rebel positions on the island of Bougainville.

8.   In Britain both Conservative and Labour cabinets insisted that only the threat of early use of nuclear weapons could stop a major Soviet offensive.

9.   Alliance officials are expressing frustration with the situation and have not mounted any major offensives.

10.   As I am writing this, news agencies report that the Turkish authorities are conducting a major offensive against Kurdish rebels.