11.   As the debate intensified, conservative groups were working to keep Republicans from breaking ranks.

12.   As the party disciplinarian, the whip also works to keep members in line on leadership votes.

13.   At the ranches, Beau works to keep everyone from the kitchen help to managers enthusiastic and on task.

14.   Atkins, who did not marry and has no known survivors, worked to keep the memory of the Resistance alive.

15.   Authorities still work to keep large spheres of Mexican life secret.

16.   Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is working to keep his conglomerate together as the global luxury-goods market sours.

17.   BofA said that it was investigating how an electrical worker managed to shut down the entire Northern California ATM network and was working to keep it from happening again.

18.   A glut of used cars and wary consumers are working to keep a lid on the prices of new vehicles, said Comerica economist Littmann.

19.   A separate report today from the Labor Department reminded investors that the Asia crisis will also work to keep inflation in check.

20.   About an hour from New York City, most of Bedminster is still rural, and people work to keep it that way.