1.   The angry Texan blamed his dance partner for tripping him.

2.   She flits from one dance partner to another.

3.   Her dance partner whirled her around.

4.   Among the aristocracy and at the court, he pointed out, the singers were also the dance partners of royalty.

5.   And the coalition government Vajpayee heads may lose its majority in Parliament, possibly within the next week, and Sharif could find himself without his dance partner.

6.   As well-wishers pressed around Spielberg, Ms. Aminoff steered him as firmly as a dance partner.

7.   Ask Smith, whose sixtysomething dance partner tried to make a date with her.

8.   Benedict is one of a few hundred single men recruited by several cruise lines as dance partners for an increasing number of mature single women who travel alone.

9.   A cast member in both the Broadway and West Coast companies, she and her dance partner are the Lindy specialists of the show.

10.   A. In an effort to balance out the preponderance of women on some cruises and to provide dance partners, a number of ship lines provide hosts.