11.   Speculation had swirled for months over whether Ventura would seek re-election, with even his closest aides being quoted as clueless in articles appearing last weekend.

12.   Speculation has swirled for months that GEC would announce the sale of its venture with Alcatel Alsthom of France or the GPT venture with Siemens AG of Germany.

13.   Speculation has swirled for months that British Aerospace and Daimler-Benz Aerospace, or Dasa, were talking about a merger.

14.   The confusion that has swirled for months in the absence of these directives has irritated city leaders and officials with the International Yacht Racing Union.

15.   The debate probably will swirl for months to come.

16.   The questions are stark, and they have swirled here for several weeks, with Holocaust survivors on either side of the issue invoking their own terrible memories.

17.   The reports that Rutgers coach Bob Wenzel will be dismissed following the season have been swirling for the last few weeks.

18.   The rumors had been swirling for months, until finally Boris Yeltsin, with astonishing candor, decided to go public about his health.

19.   Then plans to mount a stage version swirled for a while.

20.   Though the talk has been swirling for at least five years, it got a new boost in March when GEC tapped George Simpson as its new chief executive.