1.  DeFrantz is also on the board, as are two increasingly prominent Europeans and former Olympians: Thomas Bach of Germany and Jacques Rogge of Belgium.

2.  Cuba has increasingly depended on money from tourism and the arts to support his regime, since losing its subsidy from the fallen Soviet Union in 1990.

3.  DePuy makes hip and knee replacements and titanium mesh implants that are used increasingly often in lower back operations.

4.  Describing the process as "nerve-wracking," the brother of the Republican nominee said the delay was taking an increasingly personal toll.

5.  Design and production teams that would be deadly competitors in America will increasingly cooperate across companies.

6.  DESIGNATED-DRIVERS (Washington) _ New Year's Eve partygoers who celebrate with alcohol are increasingly using designated drivers.

7.  Denver's pastoral reveries have lost their footing in a pop mainstream increasingly obsessed with paranoia and complaint.

8.  Department stores, under pressure to compete with discounters and outlet malls, have increasingly been offering shoppers deep discounts on seasonal merchandise.

9.  Designers of a wide variety of consumer products say that the American public is increasingly entranced by styling that suggests a high level of aggression.

10.  Desperate to avoid default, she sought to reduce her monthly payments and settled on a form of refinancing that is becoming increasingly popular with former students.