1.  Any real compromise between the latest proposals, splitting the differences on big issues like taxes and Medicare, would require larger cuts than Clinton put on the table.

2.  Deputy Fire Chief Charles Blaich raised the issue last week in his remarks about emergency response at a conference at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

3.  Deputy Premier Bernard Landry said of the sovereignty issue.

4.  Dennis Mazurek, a deputy project manager for the Army, was reluctant to discuss the issue other than to say he was glad the dispute was over.

5.  Denominated in dollars, it was the first such parcel ever put up by the post-communist Kremlin and the largest East European bond issue ever placed.

6.  Define child-related issues specifically and create a panel of non-judicial experts to decide on them.

7.  Cuba has already said that it wants to expand discussions with the United States to other issues.

8.  Cuban officials hope to extend their talks with Washington to include issues like the 32-year economic embargo.

9.  Cuban said he plans to remain in New York this week to work with the NBA on some Internet issues.

10.  Culbertson will then join his Russian counterparts in a formal review of Foale's fitness for the actual spacewalk and potential safety issues.