11.   Vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country agai nst a terrorist attack.

12.   Nicholas had shown a preparedness to use diplomatic means which was to be the main feature of his conduct of international relations.

13.   Similar problems may arise where other instantaneous means of communication are used.

14.   And some use illegal means as well.

15.   And while the Internet has a few lively discussions regarding militias -- particularly in the last week -- most militias use other means to communicate.

16.   Both are based on strategies that use mathematical means to represent the movement of underlying markets.

17.   A powerful American businessman, Roger Gordian, orders his own crisis-management team to conduct its own investigation, using any means available.

18.   After listening to hourlong hearings with each witness, Rappe ruled that no improper means were used to identify the defendant.

19.   But baseball officials urged him to reconsider and use another means of transportation, and he has agreed.

20.   But Gottschalk notes that the Dallas researchers use unconventional means to reach these astonishing ends.