11.   National Semiconductor said the actions will help accelerate its transition to using eight-inch wafers, which will cut costs and streamline production.

12.   Over time, scientists say, all this action has helped produce the oceans, the atmosphere, the continents and fertile dirt, making the planet remarkably lush.

13.   Policy-makers took action to help working students.

14.   Renard fixates on the athlete and when his hero is in trouble, this sad sack hunting knife salesman takes violent action to help him over a batting slump.

15.   Republican political consultant Harvey Englander said the Kemp-Bennett action will help Democrats who oppose the measure in the face of popular support.

16.   Senators said the quick action would help President Bush with the task of arranging a coalition of nations in the fight against international terrorism.

17.   She then realized that her intuitive actions had actually helped her to survive.

18.   Such actions will help them make better choices.

19.   The action helped defuse the issue.

20.   The action helped bring about a presidential order against discrimination in war production.