1.   And when Graham returned from a road trip to San Jose, Calif., this month, left on his answering machine was a happy birthday message from Berkman.

2.   After donning a T-shirt on which he had scrawled a birthday message to his mother, he slumped into his courtside chair and draped a towel over his head.

3.   I would do anything to hear my last birthday message on my answering machine.

4.   In a birthday message issued on Friday, the day before his departure, he sounded despondent.

5.   Aside from the language, the birthday message has been another subject of concern raised.

6.   In a birthday message published in the Phnom Penh Post, he spoke of his sadness at the continuing divisions in his country, with Cambodians killing Cambodians.

7.   Italian Premier Romano Prodi and President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro sent happy birthday messages.

8.   King Bhumibol spent Saturday in private celebrations with his family, but the public was able to send him birthday messages through an internet website.

9.   Later, well-wishers and sisters at the home showered Khoo with birthday messages and gifts.

10.   The card contains a birthday message and a letter from Secretary of State Betsey Bayless explaining how and when to register for the primary and general elections.