1.   And with pending sale to Fox clouding off-season acquisitions, Russell also was not given the top relief pitcher that was lacking during the final months of last season.

2.   At stake are a pending sale of planes to China and public confidence in air travel.

3.   A pending sale of the storied Dodger franchise and stadium to one of the most disreputable characters in the business world.

4.   A spokesman for Perelman declined to comment on the pending sales.

5.   Bucksbaum said PolyGram may have been distracted by the pending sale of its film operations.

6.   But he acknowledged that the pending sale to Chile will not go unnoticed in those countries and others in the region.

7.   For now, the priority has to be the pending sale of the financial services division.

8.   Georgia-Pacific, which recently notified mill workers about the pending sales, could not identify potential buyers because of confidentiality agreements.

9.   Given terms of the pending sale, the company now has little hope of making much, if any, of its money back, Gotsch added.

10.   He never mentioned the pending nuclear sale to Iran, but he said it was imperative that Moscow aid in the effort to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons.