1.   An administration economist said his agency was often asked by the State Department for success stories in Russia that could be cited to Congress and elsewhere.

2.   Ask the agency about the availability of start-up loans for day-care providers and about programs that lend equipment such as toys, books and cribs.

3.   A state police helicopter spotted the boy two days later and asked the agency for permission to land and pick him up.

4.   All the intelligence agencies are being asked for their records related to war crimes, and the response level has varied.

5.   Clinton has said the cuts were needed in a unit top-heavy with political appointees at a time when all federal agencies were being asked to slim down.

6.   Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America said today they filed a rulemaking petition at the FCC asking the agency to bring down cable rates and promote competition.

7.   DDB was selected after a review that began in early summer, which involved asking several agencies for ideas.

8.   Even so, Giuliani has sensibly asked city agencies for possible budget cuts for the next year.

9.   For example, the Catholic Archdiocese of Miami praised them, while a Florida rabbi asked the agency for permission to reprint them for his flock.

10.   Pecker confirmed a report this week in the trade publication Advertising Age that he had asked six agencies for proposals for campaigns.