1.   Biden also warned that members of NATO and newly admitted nations must share in the cost of expanding the alliance.

2.   But there is no logic in rushing to expand an alliance that is still in search of a new purpose.

3.   In short, the West must reflect sufficiently and responsibly on the effects of its decision, because the plans to expand the alliance harbor a real danger.

4.   Nor is it clear that the consensus reached Tuesday can be recreated when it comes time to pay for the costs of expanding the alliance.

5.   Opponents of expanding the alliance voiced fears that pushing its borders eastward would inflame Russian imperialism and create new rivalries among countries left out of NATO.

6.   Quite obviously these proposals to expand the alliance are not founded on any looming or discernible menace from Moscow toward Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary or Slovakia.

7.   Quite obviously these moves to expand the alliance are not founded on any looming or discernible menace from Moscow toward Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary or Slovakia.

8.   Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican, said he supports expanding the alliance and the chamber probably would approve it were the debate to occur today.

9.   Siemens already has a joint factory with Motorola Inc. in Richmond, Virginia, and plans to expand such alliances, Schumacher said.

10.   Six months ago Russia was boycotting NATO meetings, protesting plans to expand the alliance to its borders.