1.   Church leaders picked the neighborhood precisely because it was one-third Hispanic, one-third black and one-third white.

2.   European leaders will pick countries for the single currency next April or May.

3.   European Union leaders will pick the first countries for the euro next May.

4.   He let party leaders pick candidates and go into local elections without help or meddling from the president.

5.   House Republican leaders picked representatives for the conference committee who had voted against the bill, an unusual tactic that set off an uproar among supporters.

6.   State leaders actually picked such a slow sales week so the government would not lose much tax revenue.

7.   The church leaders picked an elder, Garrison Frazier, to speak for them.

8.   Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk has denied giving his backing to Ung Huot, whom Cambodian coup leader Hun Sen picked as prime minister.

9.   Several sources predicted the leaders would pick Rep. Mike Oxley, R-Ohio, as chairman of the banking panel rather than Roukema.

10.   Socialist Party leaders picked a new prime minister Wednesday, hoping to end an intra-party dispute that has plunged the country into a political crisis.