1.  Any place they finish above that would be a gold star on Baker's employee file.

2.  Any playoff aspirations could largely depend on how well they do on their home court, thus making a good showing in this home stand critical.

3.  Defensive pessimists, the researchers found, did well in the game when they prepared using imagery that mimicked their preferred coping style.

4.  Defensively, he creates the problem of penetration, and that's why they can apply the kind of pressure they do.

5.  Defensively, the Giants did allow 409 yards of total offense, but they were getting key stops at key times.

6.  Deputy District Attorney David P. Conn said they prevented the defense from putting the parents on trial and left the brothers without much of a case.

7.  Deputy Mayor Randy Levine said the city would listen to workfare grievances as if they were coming from city employees, but in an informal procedure.

8.  Deputy mayors wield considerable power on the local scene, and thus they make good targets for mafia bribery.

9.  Denise Pointer had just turned in with her dentist husband, Gary Pointer, when they were thrown from their beds.

10.  Denmon would like to again be an asset to the Trojans on Saturday, when they meet UCLA at the Rose Bowl.