1.   If so, should the Americans protect these threatened estates themselves, using deadly force if necessary?

2.   In the past, the president had agreed to use ground forces only to help withdraw U.N. forces, and London and Paris had pressured Washington to get involved.

3.   The United States is signatory to a treaty that appears to bar using force against civilian airplanes.

4.   But the Egyptian leader does have to tread carefully, using his security forces to control protests and his words to try to calm emotions.

5.   For Caddell, the debate over who triggered the inferno ultimately may prove academic in a lawsuit that accuses the government of using excessive force throughout the operation.

6.   Hard-liners have stymied attempts at reform, using courts to close down pro-reform newspapers and using security forces to arrest many moderate activists.

7.   Sixteen German companies have been named in various U.S. lawsuits for using forced or slave labor during World War II.

8.   So far, Arafat is maintaining a policy of controlled burn, allowing Palestinians to vent their anger while using his security forces to contain the violence.

9.   Iranian leaders and the official media have in recent days stepped up their criticism of Moscow for using force and called for a political settlement of the conflict.

10.   Advantages included making it more difficult for Saddam to create a threat on the border and to use ground forces to repress Shiites in the south.