1.   And while he was pondering his choices, another factor entered the picture.

2.   Baseball Hall-of-Fame voters spent the bulk of December pondering difficult choices.

3.   Richards said she has a checklist in mind as she ponders her choices.

4.   Then last year it built a Santa registry, including online games for kids to play as they pondered their choices.

5.   While Powell ponders his choices in seclusion, he remains a vessel that Republicans, Democrats and academics of all stripes pour their hopes, hunches and dreams into.

6.   Will voters now be shortchanged even more in having time to observe and ponder choices?

7.   Media coverage and national campaigning were banned Saturday to allow voters to ponder their choice, but newspapers pointed to a close race.

8.   President-in-waiting Thabo Mbeki ponders Cabinet choices.

9.   Two days later, he told reporters he was still pondering his choice and would make an announcement after the first of the year.