1.   Despite the return to calm after a partial national strike on Wednesday, government officials were using apocalyptic language to pressure congressional leaders.

2.   During the Clinton years, top officials pressured Japanese leaders to fix their banks and do more to stimulate their slumping economy.

3.   Instead, he delayed the final agreement to pressure legislative leaders into concessions on nonbudget matters.

4.   Is the single mother in Indonesia or the street orphan in Egypt pressuring government leaders to buy tanks and missiles?

5.   The group has filed several lawsuits against the Commerce Department over allegations that business leaders were pressured for political donations in exchange for seats on trade missions.

6.   The Russians also would not agree to pressuring Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic to work toward a political solution -- a position pushed by the United States.

7.   The United States continued to pressure Pakistani leaders against following its neighbor and mortal enemy, India, into a series of nuclear tests.

8.   Outsiders -- especially the United States -- are pressuring local leaders in an effort to prevent war from spreading.

9.   And in the last year, protesters have pressured rightist leaders Meinolf Shoenborn and Thies Christophersen to move out of the country.

10.   French President Jacques Chirac said countries must face up to their responsibilties to pressure rebel leader Laurent Kabila and President Mobutu Sese Seko to accept a cease-fire.