1.   The US State Department also supported the creation of a permanent American naval presence in the Mediterranean.

2.   Successive cabinets were compelled to weigh the dangers attendant upon the American presence on their soil against the implications of an American withdrawal.

3.   An American presence was conspicuous at the conference, though the Iraqis conducted their animated debates in Arabic.

4.   And they tried to convince U.S. corporations that an American cultural presence in Paris was worth saving.

5.   Another sign of change is the growing American presence here.

6.   As the American military presence shrinks, so has its role.

7.   Because both companies have been trying to increase their American presence, most of the job reductions are expected to be outside the United States.

8.   Both incidents have reflected and accentuated the tensions here over an American presence that a growing number of Japanese find excessive.

9.   Both Reynolds and Adams have made it clear they want a strong American presence.

10.   A more democratic region would require less American military presence, high on the list of things that insult many Arabs.