1.   This attempt to confuse the issue went unanswered, and Santa Anna continued his preparations to advance on the capital.

2.   Annemarie Lewis-Kerwin, the UMass spokeswoman, said Tuesday that the university is contractually bound to continue preparations until the commission decides to call them off.

3.   At Cape Canaveral, NASA continued preparations for the shuttle launch, which is scheduled for Thursday night.

4.   CUNY officials said they believed a stay would allow them to continue their preparations for carrying out their new policy.

5.   I did not think he was competent to make that decision, so I continued preparations for the treatment.

6.   In the meantime, the fund will continue preparations to sell those stakes, he said.

7.   Leave them stacked together to minimize discoloration as you continue preparations.

8.   Republican legislative leaders continued their preparations Monday for a possible special session to choose presidential electors, but many legislators now regard it as a last-resort option.

9.   Sensing victory, George W. Bush continued his preparation to assume the mantle of president-elect, receiving his third national intelligence briefing in as many days.

10.   The attacks elated alliance commanders, who continued preparations for their own offensive to take them to Kabul.