101.   This year, education officials nationwide are taking steps to prevent their schools from suffering the same fate.

102.   Georgian security forces were taking steps to prevent the rebels gaining a foothold in Abkhazia in western Georgia.

103.   He appealed to Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda for financial assistance and asked his health department to take immediate steps to prevent outbreaks of epidemics in the flooded areas.

104.   He gave no details, but said Russian forces were taking steps to prevent any attacks by the Chechen rebels during the Victory in Europe commemorations.

105.   He urged his health department to take immediate steps to prevent outbreaks of epidemics in the flooded areas.

106.   Barings Futures liquidators have already taken steps to prevent the Briton from profiting from any book, television or film deal.

107.   Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic said Thursday the Bosnian army had been ordered to take steps to prevent the strangulation of the city.

108.   But that step did not prevent Trie -- who also gave generously to the Democratic Party -- from getting an invitation to dine with Clinton just last Friday.

109.   China charged Saturday that foreign investors were paying unreasonably low rents on farmland and would take steps to prevent the scarce arable land from being undervalued.

110.   China has taken steps to prevent any invasion of the plague from India, including beefing up quarantine procedures at major ports and airports.