1.   Boeing plans a similar background briefing for the media before the safety board meets.

2.   Harold Ickes, former deputy chief of staff to the President, holds a background briefing on the campaign finance hearings.

3.   In background briefings after the speech, there was talk of such Buck Rogers weaponry as space-based lasers that could destroy the entire Soviet missile arsenal.

4.   Israeli journalists, based on background briefings from officials here, reported two variations on a plan for Jerusalem.

5.   Six times he urged reporters to wait for someone named Margaret La Montagne, who would later explain the details in a background briefing.

6.   The background briefings are a time-honored tool for senior officials seeking to educate reporters on policy stances without upstaging the president.

7.   The businessmen would get high-level background briefings beforehand, and the missions themselves were invaluable opportunities to cultivate contacts overseas, the organization said.

8.   The police appeared to encourage suspicions of Kono in their background briefings.

9.   A Coast Guard background briefing provided descriptions of the dramatic encounters, and released videotape of two incidents showed helicopters as they stopped speeding vessels.

10.   At a background briefing on the summit, Canadian officials said the trade dispute would be discussed by Chretien and Cardoso.