1.   By ending the litigation, cigarette producers will pare their legal costs and eliminate the risk of a crippling damage award.

2.   By ending the litigation, cigarette makers would pare their huge legal costs and eliminate the risk of a crippling damages award.

3.   In Montenegro, the last remaining republic still tied to Serbia in what is left of Yugoslavia, Kostunica is straining to repair the crippling damage inflicted by Milosevic.

4.   Some experts said these findings suggest that minocycline or a similar drug might be used fairly early in the course of arthritis, to halt or retard crippling damage.

5.   With the threat of a crippling damage award out of the way, Borland would appear more attractive as a takeover target.

6.   But Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said Tuesday that tough security measures must be maintained despite their crippling damage to the Palestinian economy.

7.   Richard Daynard, a Northeastern University law professor who heads an anti-tobacco clearinghouse, said the ruling erased prospects for a crippling damage award against cigarette makers.

8.   Richard Daynard, a Northeastern University law professor who heads an anti-tobacco clearinghouse, conceded the ruling erased prospects for a crippling damage award.

9.   Yale University researchers last year reported that they had used genetically modified cells from pig snouts to repair crippling spinal damage in lab rats.