1.  Earlier in the week US President George Bush had emphasised that the expiry of the UN deadline would not signify D-Day in the sense of imminent military action.

2.  American free speech tradition tolerates raucous, revolutionary and anarchist talk short of the flash point of imminent lawless action.

3.  Beijing should stop flaunting its preparations for imminent military action.

4.  A lawyer for the tobacco industry reached Tuesday night said he was unaware of an imminent legal action by the government.

5.  A European Commission official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the commission is willing to negotiate and is not planning imminent action.

6.  Administration officials insisted that Bush was not suggesting imminent military action against any of the three countries.

7.  But people there have heard pledges of imminent action for five years, and skepticism has deepened with time.

8.  However, the Bush administration has been forced to put off any imminent action against Iraq while it deals with the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

9.  It is still unlikely that the United States is heading for default and any imminent action is doubtful.

10.  On Tuesday, Western powers approved imminent military action against the Serbs.