1.   Bao said the company will pay the premium rate insurers offered before the February explosion.

2.   After about two weeks, the union settled for about what Bettman offered before the walkout.

3.   But Sen. Don Nickles of Oklahoma, the deputy Republican leader, promised that further amendments on the matter would be offered before work on the bill is complete.

4.   Europe Online, a venture of Pearson Plc, Matra-Hachette SA and Burda, plans to start offering services before the end of this year.

5.   Milosevic still has made no public comment to explain why he sued for peace and accepted nearly the same terms offered before the bombing began.

6.   Today, it exists, if you have time and patience enough to wade through all the options offered before the Imp will recognize it.

7.   Unlike Biloxi, which had long been a coastal vacation spot, Tunica had few amusements to offer tourists before the casinos.

8.   Zyuganov said the Communists would wait and see what the government offered before agreeing to accept positions.

9.   Yet when the Steelers offered him around the league in a trade before the draft last week, no one wanted him.

10.   A test is already available for this particular genetic variation, and many cancer doctors routinely offer it before starting children on chemotherapy.