1.   Companies that have touted their success in global markets are pulling in their horns.

2.   Every day, the Mexico City newspapers are filled with full-page ads touting the successes of federal programs.

3.   He touted his success in New Hampshire in getting independents and Democrats to join Republicans to generate the highest voter turnout in state primary history.

4.   Party leaders touted the success of all five candidates in making the September primary ballot a sign that Democrats were not as fratricidal as in the past.

5.   Russian officials were quick to tout their success as a world achievement, not merely the result of some cozy arrangement with the notorious Saddam Hussein.

6.   Russian generals no longer talk about imminent victory in Chechnya, but they continue to tout successes.

7.   To prepare the groundwork for another certification of Mexico, both U.S. and Mexican officials have been touting their success in combating the drug trade.

8.   Jobs also touted the success of new Apple retail stores in malls in McLean, Va., and Glendale, Calif.