1.   Currently in research and development, the first-generation weapons system would be custom-made for Israeli military needs where a large threat is posed from Iraq and Iran.

2.   That did not stop him from donning a gas mask and posing inches from the plant as a parade of television crews jockeyed for position.

3.   The Lakers have no one but themselves to blame for their too-cool posing from November through April that landed them in this spot.

4.   The British officials, said the newspaper, warned other European governments about the threat posed from organized crime by new mobile telephone systems.