1.  And the current force of a resurgent Chinese nationalism makes itself felt within the younger generation and among Chinese intellectuals.

2.  David Giroux, a spokesman for Ford Motor Co., estimates a bag could open with half the current force and still provide adequate protection.

3.  Half of the current Afghan allied force is made up of former Northern Alliance troops sent as reinforcements by the Ministry of Defense on Friday.

4.  More troops will be sent if the current force is successful.

5.  One option was to keep the current force.

6.  Other points still to be worked out include specifically how the training of officers will differ and whether any of the current force will be dismissed or retrained.

7.  The current force, they maintain, is large enough.

8.  The matter will now face several months of fine-tuning and planning in order to build upon the current forces.

9.  The Turks are to take over leadership of the current peacekeeping force from the British and have expressed their opposition to the expansion envisioned by Karzai.

10.  The withdrawal of troops that are part of the current force should be complete by late January or early February, Bacon said.