1.   It kept Mets pitchers from doing something physical, and then being penalized for premeditated actions.

2.   Dancers and musicians of the Bolshoi Theater told a Moscow court on Friday that a one-night strike was an emotional outburst and not a premeditated action.

3.   Dancers and musicians of the Bolshoi Theater told a Moscow court Friday that a one-night strike was an emotional outburst, not a premeditated action.

4.   Several lawmakers accused Yeltsin of neglecting the armed forces, but said it would be hard to prove it was a premeditated action, and therefore an impeachable offense.