1.   American Italian is the third-largest pasta maker in North America.

2.   Among the machines he considers desirable are a food processor, a mixer, a blender and a pasta maker.

3.   Behind the international push by the pasta makers is stagnating consumption at home.

4.   -- Time-saving appliances -- bread machines, pasta makers, steamers, pressure cookers and juicers.

5.   A pasta maker and an electric ice cream maker also take up floor space.

6.   Bread makers, pasta makers and food dehydrators actually work and can be very useful.

7.   Gazzola SpA, a family-owned pasta maker from northwest Italy, is also said to be considering manufacturing in Canada and the United States.

8.   He said Italian pasta makers would ask the EU to intervene.

9.   Hershey Foods Corp., Borden Inc. and other large U.S. pasta makers are expected to raise their prices, analysts said.

10.   If the Italian and American pasta makers made efforts to disguise mutual disdain, competitors from further afield showed greater equanimity.