1.   The factory has been idle since May.

2.   Ericson has hardly been idle since leaving the radio choir.

3.   For while the plant, idle since July, had been cited for safety problems, that was not the stated reason for its demise.

4.   Idle since the World Cup with a pulled right groin, Eric Lindros will skate with the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.

5.   Penn State has been idle since losing to Miami three weeks ago and is in for a long season unless it protects the passer.

6.   Duval, idle since finishing second at The Masters last month, was six shots behind Maggert and Forsman at the start of play Sunday.

7.   He has been idle since the end of January when the Canadiens sent him home in order to call up rookie Jose Theodore from the minors.

8.   Its docks have been largely vacant and idle since the former federation disintegrated and its military split.

9.   Many factories in the strip had stood idle since the start of the closure.

10.   Most of them have been idle since the government-mandated mass slaughter of chickens last month.