1.   Mexican officials insisted that the government had no intention of relaxing its efforts to stop illegal drugs.

2.   Nor has he relaxed his effort to stack the Supreme Court and the rest of the federal bench with judges who oppose abortion.

3.   Some French political commentators have been saying that once France will have qualified, it will relax its efforts at cutting deficits.

4.   The company is relaxing its effort to set aside provisions against sour loans, an exercise it started earlier than most its French rivals.

5.   The company is relaxing its effort to set aside provisions against sour loans, an exercise it started earlier than most of its French rivals.

6.   The Republican mayor also relaxed his effort to trim the municipal bureaucracy, which had been a hallmark of his agenda.

7.   But Greece cannot afford to relax its efforts, Jacques Santer told a business conference.

8.   Other companies were simply stalling with their tax payments, as political uncertainty prompts speculation that the tax service will relax its efforts, Fyodorov said.

9.   The U.S. dollar traded lower against the yen at midday Thursday on the view Japan has relaxed efforts to weaken its currency.

10.   IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus warned that industrial countries could not relax their efforts to reduce their budget deficits.