1.  A leading cocaine trafficker has been indicted by the United States government.

2.  A less controversial proposal was a constitutional ban on the extradition of drug traffickers to stand trial in the United States.

3.  A repetition of such military adventures could have incalculable consequences inside the United States.

4.  A similar poll was carried out among academics in the United States.

5.  A slim, energetic woman, Kim moved to the United States as a teenager.

6.  A very public display of acrimony is not usually part of the relations between this country and the United States.

7.  According to a member of the United States delegation, a spirit of economic warfare permeated the conference.

8.  Adolescent girls are the largest group of new smokers in the United States.