1.   And a Middlesex County judge put a hold on payouts on the winning number until the mess is sorted out.

2.   Armand DeKeyser, an aide to Sessions, said the budget office has put a hold on the project pending discussions with the FBI.

3.   At the same time, the legislation puts a hold on a controversial satellite project pushed by Vice President Al Gore.

4.   Barbara Levchuk, head of foreign exchange sales at HSBC Midland, said all these factors were putting a hold right now on the dollar.

5.   After putting a hold on such plans for several years, while absorbing hundreds of new acquisitions, Columbia has started to offer them again.

6.   But each time the bill got to the Senate, at least one anonymous senator put a hold on it, blocking any vote.

7.   But House GOP leaders, including Majority Whip Tom DeLay of Texas, put a hold on it.

8.   But several days later, he ordered the department to put a hold on the project, and Tuesday he said that his involvement had been improper.

9.   But the state Supreme Court puts a hold on that decision until it can consider a Gore appeal.

10.   Congress needs a clear statement of principles to reconcile these competing goals, and should put a hold on piecemeal bills until the panel provides it.