1.   Although congressional leaders pledged fast action on the proposals, some rank-and-file lawmakers expressed reservations about the counterterrorism package.

2.   At the conference, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala pledged action for prevention programs and research.

3.   Barak had pledged such action repeatedly during his election campaign against outgoing Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

4.   After a campaign filled with fund-raising abuses on a grand scale, Clinton pledged early action on campaign-finance reform.

5.   In recent weeks, officials in several states across the country have pledged action to block local law enforcement from keeping property confiscated in drug busts and traffic stops.

6.   Instead, he pledged action by the end of the year on the Smith bill.

7.   Industry officials and law enforcement agents pledged action on that front.

8.   They pledged legislative action this session.

9.   But while leaders have consistently pledged action, they have rarely followed through.

10.   The army said it regretted hitting the church and damaging the statue, and pledged disciplinary action.