1.   Although such an outcome is far from assured, a confident Armey said he and Gingrich already are hard at work planning the transition to GOP control.

2.   Both companies began planning the transition for their stations at least three years ago.

3.   A similar but more gradual transition is planned for a plant in Scotland.

4.   Over the summer, Vice President Al Gore quietly assigned his longtime adviser and former top aide, Roy Neel, to plan the transition from campaigning to governing.

5.   Political analysts believe the Bush camp blundered when it began talking prematurely last week about planning its transition.

6.   The transition was planned when Schmitt was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer earlier this year.

7.   Treffinger began planning his transition Wednesday by vowing to include Democrats in his administration.

8.   Bush met today with his newly named chief of staff, Andy Card, to start planning a transition to the White House.

9.   Bush was in Texas, retreating to the solitude of his ranch, this time without the aides who had been helping him plan a transition to power.

10.   Gore says he and Bush should both start planning transitions.