1.   An official examined my head.

2.   American League officials examined the bat and ruled that it was indeed corked.

3.   And the officials are examining moves to tighten regulations and increase fines for illegal tree trimming.

4.   And then he stood by helplessly as an official examined his passport, told him it was illegal and tore it up, leaving him stranded.

5.   Animal-control officials were examining the dog for rabies, police said, and were looking for its owner.

6.   At this point, officials are examining the regulations to determine whether to revise the scope of the current investigation.

7.   Both federal and state officials have been examining Windows XP to decide whether to try to block it from being marketed or to seek other remedies.

8.   A Vatican spokesman said earlier Friday there would be no reaction to the decisions in Dallas until Vatican officials could examine them carefully.

9.   After Police Commissioner Howard Safir proposed the idea a year ago, Ms. Mode said, New York officials examined similar programs in Boston, Baltimore and Chicago.

10.   But federal officials are examining whether the changes would violate the rights of minority-group voters by giving the chancellor powers now held by elected local school boards.