1.   In San Francisco, new Social Security claims are being processed and benefit checks are being mailed on schedule.

2.   Both banks are leaders in securities processing -- the business of mailing dividend checks, holding investment portfolios and offering other services to companies and large investors.

3.   -- Mail a check to Washington.

4.   Administration officials said Social Security checks would be mailed on time and Social Security field offices would remain open to help people applying for new benefits.

5.   But it is much cheaper to simply mail checks than to pay for the child care, training and wage subsidies needed to put the poor to work.

6.   Checks are being mailed in order of the last two digits of the Social Security number.

7.   Checks will be mailed next month to those policyholders who have not been credited with a rebate, Garamendi said.

8.   Critics of the rebate plan said its sole purpose was to provide a public relations opportunity for Davis, as he mailed checks to millions of Californians.

9.   Depositing money, which requires mailing a check to your bank, can take a lot longer, depending on where you are mailing the money.

10.   If a bankruptcy court judge approves the plan in December, former Eastern customers who filed claims will be mailed checks to the address listed at the time.