1.   If the two treaties have identical parties the subsequent treaty is regarded as amending the earlier.

2.   The treaties have the potential to change our constitutional arrangements and the powers of Parliament.

3.   The Slovak side was insisting that the treaty should have legal force, while the Czech side opposed this, fearing that it might supersede the Constitution.

4.   Although the treaty has the support of the Clinton administration, the Senate has yet to ratify it.

5.   An improved treaty would have no effect on terrorists, but it could help deter the proliferation of such weapons among nations.

6.   And trade treaties have plenty of loopholes, which tend to grow larger over time.

7.   A Bush spokesman last week concurred that the treaty had flaws.

8.   But he and others said they believed the treaty had enough flexibility to allow for the sort of limited national missile defense now being contemplated.

9.   But the treaty has a clause permitting U.S. troops to stay if Panama is unable to guarantee freedom of movement for global shipping through the canal.

10.   He said that treaty had complex rules to deal with the use of Dutch partnerships and stock which trades on exchanges outside of the Netherlands.