1.   American and Israeli officials have reportedly pressed Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, to rein in the pro-Iraqi protests.

2.   American officials are reportedly pressing for a larger precentage.

3.   American officials pressed for oversight, but they continued to press harder, and certainly more effectively, for liberalization.

4.   American officials have been pressing to get the plane back, though they concede the Chinese must have pored over the plane.

5.   And several Republican Party officials pressed Cheney to reconsider.

6.   Arab officials are pressing the Bush administration to make a public case for the military action the United States has vowed to take.

7.   At the White House summit between President Clinton and President Boris Yeltsin last week, Russian officials pressed for selling their surplus military weaponry.

8.   According to Israeli media, American officials pressed for the late-Monday meeting between security officials.

9.   Bush administration officials have pressed for speedy passage of the package, part of a wide-ranging effort by the federal government to track down and prosecute terrorists.

10.   But administration officials are pressing for details of how they intend to get there.