11.   His friends said that in the middle of last week he was clearing the decks to run.

12.   In a single stroke, they eliminated their biggest cash drain and cleared the decks to focus on new products.

13.   In essence, he said, the NFL has cleared the decks to give CBS a fair chance of returning.

14.   It simply clears the deck for prosecutors in California and other states to file more serious charges against him.

15.   New managers tend to clear the decks of stocks bought by their predecessors, generating abnormal levels of capital gains.

16.   She has cleared the decks for a monthlong vacation in August.

17.   Strand is expected to clear the decks of remaining pretrial motions during the next three weeks.

18.   That carrier left Japan in early October without its normal contingent of fighter-bombers, clearing its decks for use as a floating special operations base.

19.   The company is clearing the decks, which will make it easier to accurately assess its sales growth in coming months.

20.   The network has cleared the decks for the Florida story.