1.  Any reservations he had about being unable to continue throwing in his unconventional fashion _ rather than setting and throwing _ evaporated long before Tuesdaynight, he said.

2.  Any sign of instability in the region sets off alarm bells in Washington.

3.  Dennis Karl Fischer, 34, of the Los Angeles-area city of Paramount, was in jail Monday with bail set at $50,000.

4.  Dennis Wedlick, a New York architect, is advising his clients to lock contractors in to set prices for their work by negotiating a fixed bid.

5.  Dent had just pushed the hottest player on the tour to a fifth set.

6.  Denver took the ball on the kickoff and set the tone for the game.

7.  Definable ethnic backgrounds act as underpinnings for many films set in the boroughs beyond Manhattan.

8.  Cuban doesn't set goals, because they can be limiting.

9.  CUBA-RUSSIA (Moscow) _ Setting the stage for the visit to Cuba by Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, which begins Wednesday.

10.  Derek Lowe set down all 10 Indians he faced.