1.   CuraGen Corp. of New Haven, Conn. is using genomics information to explore proteins and their interactions, in what the company hopes will lead to new drug candidates.

2.   Pearce made his comments Thursday at a hearing conducted by a county hearing officer that Josephson hopes will lead to his reinstatement.

3.   The carnelian bead in Shirvan Steppe was the first small discovery in what Kvachidze and his colleagues hope will lead to an eventual answer.

4.   The trace data is used to detect patterns that the government hopes will lead to more arrests.

5.   There is less of Tom Lehman this year, which Lehman hopes will lead to more victories.

6.   A cease-fire that negotiators hope will lead to an overall peace in Bosnia has generally held since starting last week.

7.   Dostum and the Taliban also exchanged prisoners in what the United Nations hopes will lead to further exchanges.

8.   Nanotechnology is a new field that proponents hope will lead to the development of atom-sized devices and machines.

9.   Now he is covering the council that Afghans hope will lead to a peaceful future.

10.   The breakthrough is considered important to talks underway here that the Clinton administration hopes will lead to a summit meeting between President Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin.