1.   A senior union official welcomed the prospect of a buy-out.

2.   Although school officials welcome added police involvement in schools, many said it would be a mistake to cede total responsibility for classroom safety to mayors and police commissioners.

3.   An administration official welcomed the announcement but said the United States would watch to see if the troops were shifted elsewhere in Congo.

4.   Austrian officials quickly welcomed the news.

5.   A senior Belgrade official initially welcomed the findings and termed them constructive.

6.   AFL-CIO officials welcomed the new regulations, saying they were long overdue.

7.   Administration officials welcomed the announcement the North made Monday to end its embargo against American products and its ban against receiving American cargo ships.

8.   But few in the Legislature shared that view, and many top education officials welcomed the change.

9.   But Ford officials welcomed the consumer advisory as an indication that tire-related deaths were the result of tire problems and not a vehicle defect.

10.   But before church officials can welcome what they hope will be thousands of parishioners, they have to evict Burt Reynolds.