1.   Among the changes from the football rules committee this week was the elimination of all bandanas worn under the helmet.

2.   And the leaders regulate the flow of bills to the floor through hand-picked rules committees.

3.   And the leaders regulate the flow of bills to the floor through hand-picked rules committees that almost always obey their commands.

4.   And while each state has three votes on the national committee, and two on the rules committee, the bigger states have more votes in the convention.

5.   At a meeting tonight, the rules committee said it will give the bill six to eight hours of debate on the House floor.

6.   Boston Bruins general manager Harry Sinden, chairman of the NHL rules committee, met with the officials in the summer and told them to stop calling borderline infractions.

7.   A tiebreaker was made optional for bowls in February by the NCAA football rules committee.

8.   But a fight did loom over the plan, recommended Saturday by the convention rules committee, to make all national committee members automatic delegates.

9.   But Friday morning Rove passed the word to members of the convention rules committee that the campaign wanted it killed, and the committee duly voted to kill it.

10.   But in the rules committee at that GOP Convention, a quiet revolution took place.