1.  He took an appointment as US trade ambassador in Geneva.

2.  Taking the view as I do that this breach was incapable of remedy, it was unnecessary to require in the notice that the defendant should remedy the breach.

3.  Her heart had taken wing as she and Mandy had walked down into the lodge.

4.  The attack took place as they and three other men arrived to carry out renovations at houses in the seaside village of Castlerock, on the north Antrim coast.

5.  Bumpers then took the floor as something of a sight for sore eyes.

6.  By that measure, Bobek was doing her job, twice taking falls as she practiced her routine, just as she had fallen Monday.

7.  If they do, the band will take its place as one of the better groups working in jazz.

8.  In financial markets, investors took the news as more evidence inflation remains at bay, and drove U.S. Treasury bonds higher.

9.  Increasingly Allen is trying to take personal charge of as much of his work as he can.