11.   Bush now apparently sees that the nuclear pacts have been very helpful in promoting peace.

12.   But Dole surely has seen studies showing that the trade pact is likely to raise revenues by triggering economic growth and, thereby, raising tax collections.

13.   But Kerry said Thursday during a telephone interview that the pact should be a national model.

14.   But last week the administration said that America would finally sign -- that the pact was friendlier to business now.

15.   But the final pact is the sum of many compromises over seven years of negotiations.

16.   But the Kyoto pact has always been extremely fragile.

17.   Campaign pacts are not unprecedented.

18.   Emerson, at the Environmental Defense Fund, said NAFTA critics should not expect the trade pact to be an environmental cure-all.

19.   Germany insists on a euro that is as strong as the deutsche mark, and the stability pact is meant to ensure this.

20.   He said the pact would be a violation of American sovereignty.