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|                          TEXT1 \verticalspacekeep (\vsk) COMMAND            |
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The  \verticalspacekeep  (\vsk)  command  will  leave  vertical  space  at  the
beginning of a page or for a figure, plate, table, or any other reason when you
need to have  the entire space specified  kept intact.  If the  specified space
will  not fit  on the  current  page, it  will be  printed  at the  top of  the
following page and the remaining current page will remain blank, causing you to
receive an underfull vbox warning.  The \verticalspacekeep (\vsk) format is:   
                                                                               
          \verticalspacekeep{xx}                                               
                                                                               
Where  "xx"  is the  amount  of  vertical  space  expressed in  any  valid  TeX
measurement (pt, pc, in, etc.) or in number of lines to be left for the figure.