1.   Hsiao, as a Taiwan-born protg of Lee, offered an attractive target to the old-guard.

2.   Analysts in London speculated that the sale might make United Biscuits itself an attractive takeover target for major European food companies.

3.   Analysts said State Street would be an attractive target for Bank of New York and many other banking companies, though they did not expect any hostile moves soon.

4.   Analysts have said the company was considering a special dividend to make it a less attractive takeover target.

5.   Analysts said the Bank of New York, BankBoston and Fleet are also attractive targets because of their size and mix of business.

6.   And the Italian lira and Spanish peseta, which had served as attractive targets for skeptics of the euro, are now considered overpriced.

7.   Anderson continues to be an attractive target to other clubs, but Arizona is leaning toward keeping him.

8.   At such a low price, he said, the company is an attractive takeover target, particularly to a company looking for a strong distribution base.

9.   Atiq Ullah, a cloth seller in the northeastern city of Jalalabad, said his home town was too attractive a target for him to feel safe.

10.   A country like ours, which places high value on the safety and well-being of its citizens, is an especially attractive target.