1.   American officials are especially eager to seal an agreement not only to stop the killing, but also to prevent the conflict from spreading.

2.   After junior executives spent six months determining the expected cost savings, they sealed the agreement in July, Sterling said.

3.   During a televised debate last month, Bush and McCain shook hands to seal their agreement not to go negative on each other.

4.   Evans said both sides will ask the judge to sign an order sealing the agreement, which would keep it out of the public court file.

5.   He had an aloof air, and he liked to seal agreements with a handshake, not a crass contract.

6.   He sealed the agreement by licking me across the nose.

7.   It was only a month ago that Bush and McCain shook hands at a debate in Michigan to seal an agreement to conduct positive campaigns.

8.   Meehan said he hopes to seal the agreement with Republican leaders on Tuesday, when lawmakers are scheduled to resume the debate.

9.   Sources at both companies, who met for a second time this week, were optimistic that an agreement would be sealed this month.

10.   The Bush administration hopes to use the lure of deep arms cuts to seal an agreement on missile defense when Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Bush laster this month.