1.   Opinion poll-led policy-making has proven a disaster, yet open policy discussion and theoretical debate remains near non-existent.

2.   Thoman said if the stock price remains near current levels, the company is likely to reach that cap soon.

3.   Although it ended more than a century ago, slavery engendered a deep anger that remains near the surface of American life.

4.   Although the rally fizzled later in the day, palladium remains near an all-time high and could move higher.

5.   A report due next week is expected to show that December unemployment remained near its highest level since World War II.

6.   A mechanized division, however, still remains near Erbil, intelligence officials said.

7.   After death, according to popular Taoist ritual, the soul, or shen, remains near the body until burial.

8.   But even in those states, unemployment remained near the lowest levels in history.

9.   But in the United Nations Human Development Index, Laos remains near the bottom.

10.   But several lawmakers argued that the material should not be allowed to remain near the Great Lakes because they were a source of drinking water for millions of people.