1.   Although he did well on the test, his parents said, he did not score high enough for the few available positions and had reached the age cutoff.

2.   If a deal had not been reached, the Thrashers would have retained their rights to Kovalchuk, but he could not have played in the NHL this season.

3.   Reno aides had prepared separate statements for her to read, one if a deal had been reached and one for a breakdown.

4.   The union had threatened to strike this month if a deal had not been reached.

5.   He dived into the river naked and had not reached the other side before the shark attacked, biting him on the left leg and right testicle.

6.   It added that the factory, jointly owned by Taiwanese, US and Chinese interests, opened last October and had yet to reach full operations.

7.   Argentina had two players sent off and had reached the final despite scoring only five goals in total.

8.   Topyrichev said the mafia was also now more active and more professional and had reached the economic and political sphere.

9.   They warned however that they would go ahead and announce the force operational with or without Greece on Saturday if a deal had not been reached by then.