1.   An aide handed Gama a red plastic lighter, and he lit a sweet clove cigarette.

2.   An aide hands him a cane, and then His Majesty steps into the sunshine.

3.   An aide handed him a bowl of sugar.

4.   An overweight aide handed him photographs to sign.

5.   As Alarcon was speaking, aides handed him a summary of the measures of retribution Clinton had just announced in Washington.

6.   As an aide hands them forward, Fayez signs terminations for former Taliban staff in the university system he now controls.

7.   As he was escorting a visitor to the door, the aide handed him a newly arrived fax.

8.   A Huffington aide handed out copies of a letter the congressman had written to President Clinton telling how bad the fire was.

9.   Aides handed out quotations from several New York Jewish politicians, including Senator Charles Schumer and former Mayor Edward Koch, praising her strong support for Israel.

10.   Aides hand out calling cards made on a copying machine.