1.   That announcement came as the Reform Party officially launched its own petition drive to win Texas ballot access in November.

2.   The announcement came as twenty-one people were injured in two car bomb attacks in Belfast.

3.   But the announcement came as the utility industry is undergoing sweeping deregulation, which has so far increased the available sources of electricity, thereby lowering its costs.

4.   Just as Kant was saying this came the announcement that the games were to begin.

5.   She said it was coincidence that the White House announcement came as the president has been trying to become more involved in improving race relations in the United States.

6.   The announcement came as the Zedillo administration sought to step up pressure on the Zapatistas, who abandoned their strongholds before the advancing troops.

7.   The announcement came just a day before Microsoft had planned to demonstrate Xbox, the video-game system it plans to roll out this fall.

8.   The announcement came only a day after Kohlberg, Kravis formally completed its takeover of Borden.

9.   The announcement came as a South Korean envoy arrived in North Korea for three days of meetings.