1.   The operation appears to have been successful, and none of the vaccinated elephants has shown any symptoms of the disease.

2.   Among other issues, the SEC is looking into whether WorldCom improperly manipulated its financial reports to make its operations appear stronger than they were.

3.   And the operation appears to have had little effect militarily, at least so far.

4.   At first the operation appears to have been unsuccessful.

5.   A major operation appeared to be under way to force many thousands of people to flee into neighboring West Timor, which is part of Indonesia.

6.   Both headquarters operations appeared to be destroyed by coordinated strikes from multiple NATO bombs.

7.   But in contrast to the smooth-running Clinton campaign, the Dole operation appeared beset by further troubles Tuesday, some small, others not.

8.   By noon on Sunday, ground operations appeared to have been held back while the bombers tried to obliterate enemy strongholds.

9.   Dr. Doris Taylor, a Duke University researcher who flew to Phoenix to observe the procedure, said the operation appeared to be a success.

10.   For starters, the operations do not appear to have been executed by an established and identifiable terrorist organization.