1.   Branch membership also remained steady, following a period of Decline since the immediate post-war years.

2.   There have been no problems in staffing the committees and the membership has remained relatively static.

3.   Trade-union membership remained low for some time, affected by unemployment and by the movement of industry to less highly unionized areas in the South of England.

4.   For a quarter-century, the membership has remained relatively stable at about a dozen.

5.   In the last decade membership has remained steady while attendance climbed -- and is still climbing.

6.   Slaughter insists his membership remains united.

7.   Under his leadership, his union has nearly doubled in size even as union membership nationwide remained flat.

8.   EU membership remains a top foreign policy goal nonetheless, and public expectations were high in East European capitals Tuesday, two days ahead of the Nice summit.

9.   Possible EU membership remains a debated issue in Norway, which has rejected membership twice.

10.   Switzerland signed a sweeping trade pact with the European Union on Monday and used the occasion to restate that EU membership remains a key objective.