1.  Applications for such interactive devices include fighting fires, exploring undersea or on other planets and handling hazardous materials, but the most promising home may be surgery.

2.  Departure ceremonies included shaving body hair of an individual and rubbing his body with ketchup, mustard, toothpaste, breadcrumbs, and cookies.

3.  Cuts to central and local district offices included trimming clerical positions and those providing professional development.

4.  DiNicola's business plan includes creating distinct identities for the Zale and Gordon divisions and establishing separate management teams for each.

5.  Declining industry groups on the TSE 300 included merchandising stocks, down 0.51 percent, gold stocks, down 0.23 percent, and pipelines issues, down 0.09 percent.

6.  Designs include floating structure, filling the bay, or building on concrete pilings.

7.  Destiny's include holding objects in her mouth and turning off a light switch, though none of the patients she sees today are the least bit interested.

8.  Dungy's football resume includes having played quarterback at the University of Minnesota and safety with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Francisco 49ers.

9.  Duties include sorting thousands of donated books and magazines into categories, and cleaning and pricing them.

10.  Each of the three plans put forward by the advisory council includes investing some Social Security money in the private market instead of exclusively in government securities.