1.   And if the apparently predestined George W. Bush is successful, he will be the first sitting governor to become president since McKinley.

2.   Five people have died of inhalation anthrax, the most serious form of the disease, and more than a dozen others have become sick since early October.

3.   Koreans routinely refer to life as it was before, versus what it has become since the diminishing, daily life changes the IMF wrought one year ago.

4.   Like what boxing has become since the days when those who were a part of it cared about it.

5.   Perhaps nothing epitomizes what the World Trade Center has become since the bombing more than the visitors desks in its lobbies.

6.   Teen-agers, eight of whom have become pregnant since arriving at the camp, receive contraceptives.

7.   The authorities said that four people had become ill since Friday after attending the Schaghticoke Fair in Rensselaer County, and E. coli infections were suspected.

8.   The decision was an indication of just how bad traffic across the metro region has become since the attack on the World Trade Center.

9.   Allen Iverson, who last year became the first Sixers player since Chamberlain to win the NBA scoring title, is next.

10.   Hostage taking -- often carried out by badly organised and under resourced bandits -- has become prevalent since the break up of the Soviet Union.