1.  Business leaders are cautioning against hasty action that would hamper flexibility.

2.  As the immediate shock of the terrorist attacks began to wear off, Europe was not the only place where reluctance about hasty military action began to surface.

3.  But Sen. Fred Thompson, R- Tenn., cautioned against hasty action.

4.  Instead of hasty action, the commission suggests, there should be a moratorium on any expansion of gambling so policy makers can take time to think.

5.  Some Iranian officials took pains Friday to emphasize that Iran would not be drawn into hasty action.

6.  The Vincennes blunder, for which America duly paid compensation, shows the dangers of hasty action.

7.  But Rep. Amo Houghton, a New York Republican whom the leadership chose to draft legislation, cautioned against hasty action.

8.  Hayami said finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations had urged Japan to take hasty action, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper said.

9.  A Pakistan military government spokesman warned India late Friday against taking hasty action.

10.  But European states have warned against hasty action.