1.   At the moment, China is subject to annual congressional renewal of its trade status.

2.   After the crackdown, however, the U.S. tried to place human rights conditions on its annual renewal.

3.   But as long as CBS did its job ably, annual renewals worked fine.

4.   Clinton himself started out that way and reversed course, separating human rights issues from arguments over the annual renewal.

5.   Corporations were wary because the program required annual renewal by Congress and their managers were content to sit back and determine whether or not it worked.

6.   Federal prosecutors are looking into evidence that Blue Shield of California won annual renewals of its Medicare contract partly on the basis of falsified information, officials said yesterday.

7.   If approved, policyholders could see the increase show up in their annual renewal bills beginning as soon as next month, Dinon said.

8.   In past years, when Congress was gearing up for a vote on the annual renewal of trading status, Beijing usually released a few long-imprisoned dissidents.

9.   Or you agree to automatic annual renewals of an auto club unless you stop it.

10.   Several free-trading Republicans, who voted for annual renewal of Chinese trade, have come out against PNTR on national-security grounds.