1.   Organization such as FAST have established to protect the copyright on software.

2.   A new account will be established to protect cities and towns that stood to lose assistance under a change in the education reform formula.

3.   His chairmanship was the longest in the history of the SEC, an independent federal agency established to protect the investing public against malpractice in the securities markets.

4.   It is generally not illegal to fish either commercially or recreationally in national marine sanctuaries, which were established to protect marine resources.

5.   Late last year, France announced it would no longer help patrol the northern zone, which was established to protect the Kurds.

6.   Rushing expansion would undermine the principles the alliance was established to protect.

7.   The guarantees violated rules that required farmers to operate independently in order to qualify for the subsidy program, which was established to protect small farmers from price fluctuations.

8.   The no-flight zones were established to protect the Shiite minority in the south, and the Kurds in the north.

9.   The trust was established to protect the Green Springs National Historic Landmark District and its surroundings in Louisa County, Va., from development.

10.   A government spokesman in Kabul said three lines of defense had been established to protect Sarobi and the power plant.