11.   Amid the speculation on Friday, Malan and Lopes both submitted their resignations to the president.

12.   Analysts and brokers said investor speculation on a Bank of Italy interest rate cut in the next few days also helped to lift stocks.

13.   Analysts attribute the comeback to better inventory control and pricing, stock buybacks, improving earnings and speculation on a California rebound.

14.   Analysts think that the likely alliance between Zeneca and Astra will spark more deals and stoke merger speculation on both continents.

15.   And the suggestion of a connection has become fodder for intense debate and speculation on talk radio.

16.   Any speculation on what the Cowboys do for a quarterback once Aikman is gone.

17.   Any further speculation on which path Griffith Joyner took serves no one and, in fact, hurts the ones who already are in the most acute pain.

18.   As share prices have zoomed in recent years, there has been a lot of speculation on what would finally slay the bull.

19.   Ben Ames Williams came to my high school on a career-day-type event to address students with light speculation on writing careers.

20.   Below, some spurious speculations on the new landscape of a post-merger style world.