1.   Pragmatic considerations led the government to abandon pure Marxist policies.

2.   Short-term political considerations have led governments to put pressure on supposedly autonomous managements to grant concessions to the unions.

3.   Citing interviews with Army officials, the report said budget considerations led the brigade to bring far less of its equipment than in previous exercises.

4.   Recent days brought word that last summer business considerations led the White House to waive a law prohibiting American companies from doing business with countries that sponsor terrorism.

5.   Similar considerations led to the easing of the restrictions on access.

6.   Those considerations led Yitzhak Rabin, at the end of his life, to make peace with the PLO and Yasser Arafat.

7.   Attorney-General Qoriniasi Bale said this week that security considerations had led the government to imprison Speight on Nukulau Island in Suva lagoon.

8.   Barak denied that domestic considerations have led him to neglect his ambitious Mideast peace plans.

9.   Political considerations lead France to silence two pilots held captives by Serbs.