1.   After all, Fidel Castro is still in charge, just as he was when the Kennedy administration slapped sanctions on his country.

2.   But last month the State Department slapped sanctions on two Chinese companies accused of circumventing the pledge to curb missile exports by transferring missile parts to Pakistan.

3.   Canada and European countries have complained that the US is too quick to slap sanctions on countries it dislikes, including Cuba and Iran.

4.   Clinton vows to go through with his threat to slap sanctions on Japanese luxury cars unless Tokyo agrees to buy more American cars and parts.

5.   He is also expected to announce that the company plans to continue operating in Iran -- even after one U.S. senator threatened to slap sanctions on the company.

6.   Japan has warned that it would slap sanctions of its own on Federal Express Corp. and Northwest Airlines Inc. if the U.S. sanctions go through.

7.   More significantly, Amoco was involved in bills that would slap sanctions on other oil-producing nations, like Nigeria, Iran, and Libya.

8.   President Clinton slapped economic sanctions on Colombia Friday, charging that its government is too riddled with corruption to effectively combat its powerful drug lords.

9.   President Clinton on Wednesday slapped economic sanctions on India, which defied world opinion by setting off two more nuclear devices in a second round of underground tests.

10.   Stocks have fallen in recent weeks on concern that the U.S. will slap trade sanctions on Colombia for not doing enough to stop the drug trade.