1.   Oil had stimulated new industry, cities were being modernized rapidly and ambitious plans promised change in the countryside.

2.   The government spent lavishly to promote the process and promised a change for the better.

3.   He promised changes against Wimbledon.

4.   Although Clinton stopped short of eliminating any Cabinet-level department, he promised dramatic changes at the departments of Transportation, Energy and Housing and Urban Development.

5.   And now Mexico has a new president who has promised change, but the tortilla king has managed to maintain his privileged status.

6.   Avendano also promised change as he received a ceremonial baton of power from a Chiapas Indian amid a cloud of incense and the heavy sound of a drum.

7.   Bielitzki promised changes both on humanitarian grounds and from a need to assure researchers that their animal experiments in space could run their predicted course.

8.   A series of school superintendents have been hired, promising substantial changes, only to end up arguing with the school board and leaving.

9.   A plot in which a teacher fired a gun in a classroom drew instant protest, and Kelly promised changes.

10.   Bucaram appealed for calm in a radio and television address last night, promising significant changes in his Cabinet.