1.   He joined the partnership last year.

2.   In an interview, Comcast President Brian Roberts disclosed he has held talks with Home about joining the partnership.

3.   It excludes managers and some workers whose unions have not joined the partnership.

4.   Some arts institutions, for example, though publicly supporting the proposal, are uneasy about joining new partnerships for fear of having to alter their own programs.

5.   State and local governments, as well as federal agencies, will join that partnership, the administration said Tuesday.

6.   The American Bar Association has encouraged states to prohibit lawyers from joining partnerships other than law firms.

7.   The companies declined to comment on reports by industry executives that GTE Corp. would soon join the partnership.

8.   The companies that have joined the partnership have agreed to allow outside monitors to inspect their factories.

9.   They said they had interested two potential investors in joining a partnership, but that the investors balked after examining the declining advertising market.

10.   When the new ambassador, Michael Sullivan, arrives in Dublin in January, he is expected to restate the White House view that Ireland should join the partnership.