1.   If it wins immediate WTO membership, it will have little incentive to change so that it plays by the same rules as its major trading partners.

2.   The country is expected to win World Bank membership next month.

3.   According to defense officials, the government, eager to win NATO membership, is doing everythging it can to support the Atlantic Alliance.

4.   At the meeting in the coastal town of Nida, Kinkel told journalists he hoped the Baltics would win EU membership as soon as possible.

5.   Beijing wants U.S. support to win membership in the World Trade Organization.

6.   China is demanding developing country status, and has repeatedly stated that it is not prepared to make any more concessions to win membership.

7.   Last year, Constantinescu personally asked Michael to help Romania win membership in western organizations.

8.   Many Romanians oppose the treaty, but the government has pursued it vigorously as part of a bid to win NATO membership.

9.   Most recently, Russia has expressed anger at the Estonian bid to win membership in the NATO alliance.

10.   Presidents of the three Baltic states met Thursday in the Estonian capital Tallinn to discuss the increasingly touchy question of whether the former Soviet republics can win NATO membership.