1.   The British government initially welcomed this demonstration of American resolve.

2.   Already, the Western European allies are dubious about American resolve and reliability in the post-Cold War era.

3.   Imposing sanctions would underscore American resolve to stop foreign companies from trading with Iran, but it would be a setback for relations with Russia.

4.   In death, the buildings, once embodiments of American financial power, are metaphors for American resolve.

5.   In an ominous move, Saddam Hussein scrambles the Republican Guards, testing American military resolve once again.

6.   Pearl Harbor veterans interviewed for this story fretted that American resolve to fight a protracted war in the Middle East may flag.

7.   Russians owe their liberty to American resolve.

8.   Shares opened higher as investors took the USS Nimitz passage as a sign of American resolve to support Taiwan amid rising tension with Beijing, analysts said.

9.   Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was to visit Nairobi and Dar es Salaam on Tuesday to express support for the bombing victims and to display American resolve.

10.   The Bosnia vote was the first test of the American resolve.