1.   Argentines rushed to withdraw their savings from banks on Friday on fears that the government could freeze deposits to shore up the weakened financial system and prevent a devaluation.

2.   But many analysts already wonder whether Mexico will need even more to support the peso, pay off its loans and shore up a weakened banking system.

3.   Even a program that assigns vouchers by lottery consigns the majority of children to a weakened public system through no fault of their own.

4.   Saturday, the weakened system will continue an erratic drift to the east.

5.   The combined weakened system was expected to drift northeast during the night and move out to sea this morning.

6.   Others, however, defended the measures, saying the surging withdrawals had left the government with no alternative to bolster an already weakened financial system.

7.   The House argued that the omission of this article would be a setback, leading to a weakened party system which lawmakers were trying to strengthen.