1.  Defensive tackle Reggie White is one of the most effusive, gracious players in the league, and he will talk to anyone.

2.  Deputy district attorney Christopher Darden, meanwhile, had the most controversial style, described alternately by lawyers as too repetitive and assuringly low-key in his presentation Tuesday.

3.  Dennis Green will most likely work out his problems with the owners, because there is a good chance the Vikings will go deep into the playoffs.

4.  Dennis Martinez will most likely be elected the president of Nicaragua before he wins another game at Yankee Stadium.

5.  Dennis Russell Davies led a vibrant performance and elicited some of the firmest and most transparent playing the American Composers Orchestra has produced in recent seasons.

6.  Dennis wrote, "It is the most miserable of existences and devoid of anything to break the mind-devouring scourge of monotony.

7.  Dense, difficult writing is most often associated with newer academic fields like cultural studies, women's studies and "queer theory."

8.  Denser settlements may be the right thing to do, but if they're too expensive for most working-class families, this compromises the solution.

9.  Dentists who use hypnosis by itself or in combination with anesthetics say it can calm even the most skittish patients.

10.  Cuba produces some of the most skilled players and its teams have regularly dominated world amateur competitions.