1.   Administration officials say they are acting to preserve the credibility of the United States in international agreements.

2.   But the two nations must act to preserve the fundamental value and strength of the relationship.

3.   Hinckley said the decisions were made by local officials, acting to preserve church discipline.

4.   Now cultural ideas have been described as memes, as if they replicated and spread like disembodied genes, acting to preserve themselves.

5.   Under law, the Interior Department cannot act to preserve the habitat of an endangered species unless it is listed as such.

6.   But lawmakers from steel producing states said Bush had no choice but to act to preserve a key manufacturing industry and one that is vital to national security.

7.   Friendship aside, Baduel insists he acted to preserve constitutional order after interim President Pedro Carmona dissolved the Constitution and the National Assembly.

8.   Jiang later told reporters local authorities acted to preserve security.

9.   The NUT delegates said a strike would be a signal to parents that teachers were prepared to act to preserve the quality of education.