11.   Allegations have surfaced that KGB agents used ricin in a botched assassination attempt against Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

12.   Congress has become even more leery of China since allegations surfaced that Beijing has stolen U.S. nuclear weapons secrets.

13.   Conoco conducted an internal investigation of the matter after the initial allegations surfaced, said Carlton Adams, spokesman for the company in Houston.

14.   Devised as incentives for loan brokers, allegations surfaced this year that some black and Hispanic customers may have been overcharged for loans in two Fleet mortgage offices.

15.   Ever since allegations first surfaced that an officer had used a stick to sexually assault Louima in a station house bathroom, the department has been under a cloud.

16.   His conviction was later overturned after allegations surfaced about corruption within the Rampart Division.

17.   In recent months, a new round of corruption allegations have surfaced, prompting a renewed call to overhaul the district system.

18.   In Italy, allegations have surfaced that the would-be guerrillas used their skills and perhaps their weapons to advance their domestic political agenda.

19.   In the midst of this turmoil, credible allegations surfaced of a couple of instances of germ warfare by the Russians.