1.   But despite his efforts to modernize the operation and bring costs under control, Conrail ran at a loss and was troubled by problems and complaints for many months.

2.   The Bank of Japan seems to have been among the more aggressive Japanese bureaucracies in trying to modernize its operations and become more accountable.

3.   The latest mystery featuring Sgt. Fang Mulheisen showcases a mob boss who sets out to modernize his operation by downsizing his work force and cleaning up his act.

4.   The national police force also modernized its operations.

5.   The son of ranchers, he has promised to help subsistence farmers find new markets, organize themselves into farming cooperatives, and find financing to modernize operations.

6.   Under the leadership of its new president and chief executive officer, Kweisi Mfume, the NAACP has also begun to streamline and modernize its operations.

7.   But Petroleos Mexicanos has insisted it has modernized operations and mopped up the worst of the pollution left decades ago.

8.   Especially hard hit are farmers who spent thousands of dollars on new tractors and fertilizers, mostly on credit, to modernize their operations.

9.   He cited the goals the Bureau was able to achieve in modernizing its operations, such as cargo clearance operations, computerization, modernized Customs administration and others.

10.   China is to appeal to foreign companies to help modernize the operations of its oil fields, the China Daily said Saturday.