1.   A week later, they remain immobilized, though the United Nations secured a pledge from the Serbs Saturday to let them resume next week.

2.   He secured record pledges, and was credited with turning the program around financially.

3.   He then went on to Cuba and the Dominican Republic, where he secured pledges of asylum for the Tupac Amaru rebels.

4.   He says he has secured pledges from the pharmaceutical industry to share their products and their scientific know-how should the nation need it.

5.   Senate and House Democrats and Republicans remains at loggerheads over efforts by Democrats to secure a pledge from the Republican majority to consider campaign finance legislation next year.

6.   Senate Democrats and Republicans remains at loggerheads over efforts by Democrats to secure a pledge from the Republican majority to consider campaign finance legislation next year.

7.   U.N. officials were busy talking to both sides, Ivanko said, and had secured a pledge that the combatants would only shoot back when fired upon.

8.   An international aid conference last Friday secured enough pledges to launch this effort.

9.   He arrived Wednesday from Moscow, where the Afghan leaders secured pledges of aid from Russian officials and met with members of the local Afghan community.

10.   He has already secured pledges on allowing secular burials and special marriage arrangements for those not accepted as Jewish by the Orthodox establishment.