11.   IBM said the acquisition will accelerate its efforts to build object-oriented products, which make software development easier, faster and cheaper.

12.   In Oklahoma City, cool temperatures and clear skies, along with increasingly stable conditions within the federal building, helped rescuers continue to accelerate their efforts.

13.   In remarks to the media in June, White vowed to accelerate efforts to privatize energy utilities serving the military.

14.   It will have to accelerate its efforts to revamp teacher training and the curriculum.

15.   Japanese banks are revising profit estimates down after accelerating efforts to write off problem loans.

16.   John Isaacs, president of the Council for a Livable World, said countries such as Iran, Iraq, and North Korea will accelerate their efforts.

17.   Last-minute efforts were accelerated by President Boris Yeltsin and by small parties to dilute the strength of the increasingly formidable Communist Party.

18.   Meanwhile, he agreed with some observers that the specter of government regulation might accelerate voluntary efforts among health care providers to improve care.

19.   Nevertheless, Musharraf must accelerate his efforts to purge the ISI of links with militant groups operating in Afghanistan, Kashmir and within Pakistan.

20.   She said she hopes the new study will accelerate government efforts to curb pesticide use by farmers.