1.   It had developed contingency plans before the incident and put them into effect when water in the mine began to overflow.

2.   Menem did not have time to push through his plan before the end of his presidential term.

3.   Shuttle managers are to meet Monday for a major review of mission plans before confirming their launch plans.

4.   The pilot filed a flight plan before taking off.

5.   This gave our people time to familiarise themselves with the new plan before our Appointed Representatives and Independent Financial Advisers received details.

6.   Record cards should be provided by management and salespeople encouraged to use them as part of the sales plan before each visit.

7.   Analysts said renewed optimism that U.S. Republican leaders and President Bill Clinton will agree on a budget plan before Christmas may have helped boost Canadian stocks.

8.   Analysts said gold fell amid renewed optimism that U.S. Republican leaders and President Bill Clinton will agree on a budget plan before Christmas.

9.   And the left remains both fragmented and wary trying to capitalize politically on problems at a summit meeting it had helped plan before losing the elections this year.