1.   He wanted to be considered for Junior management positions but his company was not sure of his ability to make this step.

2.   I knew that if I made the slightest false step he would leap at me.

3.   If anyone was going to make the step from player to puppet master at a club the size of Tottenham, then it was Venables.

4.   Also, like the rest of Central Europe, Serbia must make serious steps toward privatization.

5.   After seven decades of virtual single-party rule, Mexico is making tentative steps toward becoming a legitimate multi-party state.

6.   But for three Stars hopefuls, the next two games could mean the difference between making the step into the NHL or heading back to the International Hockey League.

7.   But what makes her step over that precipice from perfection to the preposterous, from colored lunch bags to quail eggs?

8.   Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard still sell primarily through dealers, but have made steps to reduce inventories by building only machines for which they have orders.

9.   Culpepper says he makes the step to the next level with an air of confidence.

10.   Despite the runaway success of his novels, not even West could make Hollywood step to his tune.