1.   But Hakuo Yanagisawa, the financial services minister and a frustrated reformer, has resisted such rapid adoption of the plan and says more discussion is needed.

2.   For instance, it recommends the rapid adoption of more effective planting techniques, including bigger tree pits and better soil mixtures.

3.   In seeking to offer that vision Thursday, Clinton praised Poland as having served as a model for its neighbors with its rapid adoption of democratic and market reforms.

4.   Progress toward a common standard will likely be helped by the rapid adoption of new clients from Yahoo and Microsoft.

5.   That is another significant cost, and normally a barrier to rapid adoption by corporate users.

6.   The appeal of plants that can tolerate herbicides or produce their own insecticides led to their rapid adoption.

7.   They appear particularly disappointing, retailers say, when compared with the rapid adoption of video-cassette recorders.

8.   France, Ireland, and the Netherlands had already made the leap after opting for more rapid adoption of the euro.

9.   To combat the problem, the ILO is urging rapid adoption of a new convention that would ban the most venal forms of child labour.

10.   Its rapid adoption is essential for Italy, according to economic and finanical experts who point at the recent attacks on the lira in currency markets.