1.   If North Korea signs the international treaty allowing foreign airlines to use its air space, it could shorten the trip between Tokyo and Beijing by about an hour.

2.   It took nearly two years of wrangling between the corporation and ITVS before contracts were signed allowing the new service to award production grants.

3.   Of course, George Jr. also signed laws allowing Texans to carry concealed handguns, and to protect gun makers from government lawsuits.

4.   At that point, a new contract was signed allowing Cayton to take over as manager if Jacobs was unable to continue in the job.

5.   Neither Teng nor her husband have signed waivers allowing the release of personal information about them, he said.

6.   The United States and Canada have signed treaties allowing for the extradition of defendants, but no mechanisms exist to force a witness to cross the border.

7.   Their report claimed that the officer signed papers allowing his son, also a policeman, to collect pay while on leave.