1.   Having spent the past two or three years setting up their committees, they are reluctant to unravel them now.

2.   Having spent his formative years in posh prep schools and privileged circles, John Lahr entered his late teens in serious need of a bad influence.

3.   Having spent the past week at the hospital, moving among and talking with patients facing the same battle, Holtz is finally beginning to understand what he faces.

4.   Having spent a lifetime in the law, writing largely at night and on the weekends, Mortimer naturally has a few modest proposals to offer.

5.   Having spent part of the morning with aides going over questions reporters were likely to ask, Clinton at first seemed untypically uncomfortable making his comments.

6.   He goes there on a semivacation, and he knows the place well, having spent time there in his childhood as the son of a Norfolk rector.

7.   Most are in their late teens now, having spent most of their lives without any social structure imposed by adults.

8.   Now, having spent four years in exile because of popular demand, he begged and groveled for the chance to prove he can play by the rules.

9.   Publisher Steve Forbes won the primary easily, having spent millions on radio and television ads.

10.   Quinn is back, having spent most of last year playing for Bern in the Swiss Elite League.