1.   Castro had little choice, if he is to assure fuel supplies and prevent power cuts.

2.   Even in the days of Swift and Armour, the supply was never assured.

3.   It also would help assure Duke supplies of natural gas, which is expected to grow as a fuel for power generation.

4.   Proponents say the rules stabilize milk prices, thereby assuring reliable supplies across the country.

5.   That would assure plentiful supplies of market-ready animals in coming weeks, traders said.

6.   The original contract was popular because it specified frozen meat, allowing buyers and sellers to stockpile bacon through the winter and assure adequate supplies for summer.

7.   The transmission company was a major seller of gas to customers and had locked itself into what became high-priced contracts to assure a supply.

8.   Unlike fuel oil which, as recent experience has shown can depend on sour crude availability, gas supplies are assured.

9.   Utilities also are seeking to assure supplies as natural gas becomes increasingly important in electrical generation.

10.   Worried about a revolution in Peru, Coca-Cola had established a coca plantation in Hawaii to assure a supply of the plant for its soft drinks.