1.   And while the West seldom has qualms about borrowing extensively from cultures outside its sphere, it is known to get impatient if the exchange goes the other way.

2.   Mainly this exchange goes to show that every kind of tool has its supporters, and they are usually people who do outstanding work with the tool.

3.   Robert Rendine, an Amex spokesman, cautions that nobody really knows what will happen after the exchanges go decimal on Monday.

4.   The board also must contend with the contentious issue of technology and how far the exchange will go to embrace new methods of trading.

5.   The Chicago exchange is going head-to-head with Island and Instinet as well as trying to get a jump on other exchanges, which face the same competition.

6.   The exchange is going electronic as of Monday, allowing traders to work from computers in their offices and eliminating the hue and cry of the exchange floor.

7.   The exchanges of gunfire went on for nearly two hours.

8.   The exchange also went to show what a prankster and funny man Bush fancies himself, a persona on vivid display last week.

9.   The exchange soon went on-line throughout the day, yet the two-hour break remained, said exchange spokesman Flavio Guimaraes.

10.   The exchange went on briefly until Al Gore realized that, as usual, the joke was on him.