1.   BA Chief Executive Robert Ayling said he expects U.K. Trade Secretary Ian Lang to announce his ruling on the pact by the end of this month.

2.   A. The court usually takes months to announce a ruling, but in matters of national importance -- like this one -- it can act in hours or days.

3.   Aides and lawyers in Tallahassee got haircuts, took long lunches, and kept a close eye on their beepers and cell phones in case a ruling was announced.

4.   Buckley, at work in the labyrinthine catacombs beneath Grand Central when the ruling was announced, stammered with anger and disappointment on behalf of all the snowmen.

5.   But he did not linger on elation, said the aide, Carter Eskew, who was on the phone with Gore when the ruling was announced.

6.   But in the days since the IRS ruling was announced, none of the four analysts who follow Weight Watchers has published a word on the stock.

7.   Defense attorneys smiled but prosecutor Marcia Clark slammed her papers on her desk after Ito announced his ruling and shut down any further argument on the issue.

8.   Frank Brown, a league spokesman, said it is not certain that a league ruling will be announced.

9.   From now until the end of the term in late June or early July, the justices will sit on the bench only to announce their rulings.

10.   Helen Havrum and several family members in the courtroom wept for several minutes after Laughrey announced her ruling.