1.   And a string of companies have said recently they will make even more than they were predicted to make this quarter.

2.   Cooling of the stratosphere over Antarctica is also predicted to make the seasonal Antarctic ozone hole worse and longer-lasting, they said.

3.   In the Tennessee Valley, the Carolinas, and along the Gulf Coast, continuing high pressure was predicted to make for a fair and dry afternoon.

4.   In the West, more than a foot of snowfall was predicted to make mountain roads slick and impassable in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado.

5.   Turks turned out in force Sunday for legislative elections in which the Islamic party Refah was predicted to make strong gains at the expense of pro-European and rightist formations.