1.   The election could be held as early as next March.

2.   If the position of Leader of the Party is vacant, an election shall be held as early as possible.

3.   A conference meeting scheduled this morning for this evening was canceled, Senate staffers said, and will be held early next week.

4.   A shareholders meeting will be held early next year at which holders of two-thirds of the shares must approve the merger.

5.   A power-sharing government, made up of government and United Front officials, is nominally leading the country until elections are held early next year.

6.   A referendum could be held as early as October.

7.   A trial probably will be held early next year.

8.   A spokesman for the governor said later that San Francisco would be a likely site for the summit, to be held as early as this spring.

9.   Congress is expected to hold hearings early next year on whether to renew the law, which expires in June.

10.   He said the current plan to withdraw American troops after parliamentary elections are held early next year was the right one.