1.   Argentina took an important symbolic step on Monday in its struggle to avoid financial collapse.

2.   As a symbolic first step, Chile was invited to seek NAFTA membership.

3.   Colbert argues that while these partnerships are not equal substitutes for civil marriages, they form an important symbolic step toward gay rights.

4.   Colbert argues that while these partnerships are not equal substitutes for civil marriages, they form an important symbolic step toward gay rights.ck Colbert.

5.   Even so, diplomats point to symbolic steps by Assad that suggest he may be inching toward a settlement.

6.   Gore telephoned Bush before his address to discuss symbolic steps to forge national unity, including a meeting in coming days.

7.   Gore planned to telephone Bush before his address to discuss symbolic steps to forge national unity, including a meeting in coming days.

8.   In a symbolic step for a country once known as the Hermit Kingdom, English is be granted official equal status alongside Korean for business inside the districts.

9.   It is a largely symbolic step, but a potent one.

10.   It recalled its ambassador to NATO and announced it would not attend a NATO celebration next month in Washington, both symbolic steps.