11.   Story will look at the traffic jam at ticket counters as the deadline nears.

12.   The figures were announced by the Finance Ministry as a deadline nears for Japan and the United States to reach trade agreements in several areas.

13.   The trading deadline nears, and the New Jersey Nets remain mum.

14.   When that deadline neared, NATO extended the deadline to Tuesday.

15.   Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said the Tokyo government continues to discourage free trade even as the deadline nears for U.S. sanctions against Japanese luxury autos.

16.   After months of fiery rhetoric, Tokyo and Washington seek a compromise in their dispute over auto trade as a deadline nears.

17.   Amnesty deadline nears end.

18.   As the midnight deadline neared, Protestant hard-liners opposed to any compromise stormed onto the grounds of Stormont.

19.   As the polling deadline neared, they relented.

20.   As the deadline neared, rumors abounded.