11.   Such a pact would almost eliminate the threat of a court award that could financially devastate tobacco companies.

12.   Such a pact would reduce trade barriers among most countries in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean.

13.   Such a pact is considered crucial to the euro.

14.   Supporters of the scheme say world economic trends make such a pact inevitable.

15.   The added benefit of such a pact is some great conversation after the recipient has read the book.

16.   Only a sovereign people could enter such a pact, he said.

17.   American labor unions oppose such a pact, and thousands of activists are expected to demonstrate outside the Friday-Sunday summit.

18.   Barbados signed such a pact on Wednesday, and negotiations with Guyana and St. Vincent are underway.

19.   Chevron said Tuesday that such a pact would be temporary, until its joint venture with Kazakhstan could find or build additional pipeline.

20.   However, the U.S. government said that more time was needed to prepare such a pact.