11.   But the troops stayed put.

12.   He demanded a White House commitment that the troops not stay more than a year.

13.   It was not clear how long the troops would stay at the airfield.

14.   Nor do they stipulate whether any Yugoslav troops could stay in Kosovo.

15.   Northern Alliance troops should stay away, he said.

16.   Opportunities for constructive change can thus be lost, even if, in the end, the troops stay.

17.   Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld stressed Monday that the troops will stay only until their mission is complete.

18.   Serbian recognition of Croatian independence, in theory, might allow the U.N. troops to stay.

19.   She said British troops would stay only long enough to get the Europeans out.

20.   That may require European troops to stay longer than their planned withdrawal date of mid-August.