1.   Amazon recently announced an arrangement for the Ingram Book Co., a large distributor, to ship certain books to its customers.

2.   After the deal was done, he announced the arrangement in front of television cameras.

3.   For its part, Flextronics has announced similar arrangements with Ericsson, Cabletron and Fujitsu Siemens.

4.   Funeral arrangements were not announced Monday night.

5.   Funeral arrangements will be announced later, aides said.

6.   Indeed, even before funeral arrangements have been announced, the nation began an unofficial period of mourning.

7.   Last year, Visa announced an arrangement with Intuit, the maker of Quicken, the leading personal-finance program for PCs.

8.   Senior police officials said Giuliani would make the trip once negotiations with the Dominicans reach a stage where some concrete arrangement can be announced.

9.   The company upstaged the department, though, announcing the arrangement yesterday while the federal government was closed for Columbus Day holiday.