1.   And while NATO savors its victory, many current and former allied officers say the alliance must not take away the wrong lessons from the air campaign.

2.   As NATO worked to tighten the military and economic noose, the alliance took the unprecedented step of extending security guarantees to the seven non-NATO members.

3.   As the alliances take hold in future years, they say, the carriers will inevitably face pressure to cut costs and consolidate areas of duplication.

4.   But the foreign alliances did not take, and the religious resurgence seems entirely moderate.

5.   Few soldiers ventured into the open, though the alliance took another casualty when its own mortar fire struck too close to its own troops.

6.   He said the Missouri alliance had taken a crucial first step toward widespread public education about the dangers of gambling, especially among young people.

7.   In Germany, no fewer than three alliances are taking on the state-controlled monopoly, Deutsche Telekom.

8.   In NATO, Washington is arguing that the Atlantic alliance should take the lead in a global fight to stop terrorists from getting or using germ weaponry.

9.   Now the alliance has taken on the challenge of keeping the peace, a challenge that may prove even more difficult than waging the air war.

10.   The alliance took control of the capital and most of Afghanistan amid the retreat of the Taliban last week.