1.   Lilley asked to be put into receivership after a financial rescue package did not receive full support from its bankers.

2.   American officials, rebuffing earlier aid requests, had been insisting for days that any financial rescue must be led by the IMF.

3.   American officials, rebuffing earlier aid requests, had insisted for days that any financial rescue must be led by the IMF.

4.   Bretteil was referring to the financial rescue the state had to mount to help the commercial bank survive bad real-estate loans.

5.   But after financial rescues in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, the cupboard is no longer well stocked and Washington is showing no signs of renewed generosity.

6.   But Miller said the banks had indicated they were more interested in granting the troubled company time to sell off assets and stage a financial rescue.

7.   But Rubin made it clear that the United States would not take the lead in any financial rescues, working instead through the International Monetary Fund.

8.   But the money also promises a financial rescue for the couple.

9.   But two Western officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said financial rescue will not come soon.

10.   Company executives, directors, lenders and lawyers trying to negotiate a financial rescue faced issues that become increasingly critical with each passing day.