1.   He offered a more mildly worded resolution, but it lost resoundingly.

2.   McHale last week offered a harshly worded resolution of censure of Clinton, but so far it has drawn little reaction from Democrats or Republicans.

3.   A series of vaguely worded U.N. resolutions hobbled the troops.

4.   After an unprecedented campaign combining defiant threats and tantalizing promises, China on Tuesday headed off a mildly worded U.N. resolution voicing concern about its human rights record.

5.   China escaped criticism for the sixth straight year thanks to support from other developing countries, who defeated a mildly worded Western resolution.

6.   Earlier this year, Murayama tried unsuccessfully to push a strongly worded resolution of apology through Parliament this year.

7.   Earlier this year, Murayama tried unsuccessfully to push a strongly worded resolution of apology through Parliament.

8.   Most observers believed it would succeed in avoiding discussion of the mildly worded resolution.

9.   The carefully worded council resolution underscores the problems the United Nations faces in trying to respond to the brewing crisis.

10.   The exact rules of engagement for U.N. peacekeepers are uncertain because they stem from vaguely worded resolutions the Security Council passed at different stages of the Bosnian war.