1.  As a child in Pakistan he wanted to pursue after-school activities _ like watching television _ that would make the time go faster until he could eat.

2.  Defensively, both teams are fast and believe the artificial turf at the Superdome will make them faster.

3.  Dennis Mitchell, the Olympic bronze medalist, matched the season's fastest time in the men's 100 with a victory in 9.93 seconds.

4.  Deficits went up too, of course, but that's because spending increased even faster than taxes.

5.  Cuba-born singer Albita Rodriguez, better known as simply Albita, is a quirky contradiction whose musical star is rising fast.

6.  Dehaene said the new law on wage rises would ensure that salaries didn't rise faster that in Germany, France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

7.  Del Papa said that as her husband, Jan-Olaf, drove, she tried to toss toys to her daughter faster than Ellen was dropping them.

8.  Delphi's sales are growing faster in Latin America, Asia and Central Europe than in North America, analysts said.

9.  Delta Financial also said it boosted its estimate of how fast its adjustable-rate mortgages will be repaid.

10.  Currency traders said the dollar may rise against the yen in coming months, but not nearly as fast as it has over the past 22 months.