1.   The President met this afternoon with his top military advisers.

2.   Among them were three top advisers to Gorbachev, Leonid Abalkin, Nikolai Petrakov and Oleg Bogomolov.

3.   And Bush has met privately with Robertson and hired the former Christian Coalition executive director, Ralph Reed, as a top adviser.

4.   And his top advisers did not clarify whether such action was under consideration.

5.   And because he has bee a top adviser to Bush there has been much speculation that he would have a role in a Bush administration.

6.   And Ramli became the central point of a vast investigation that later involved two cabinet ministers, the central bank governor and a top adviser to Habibie.

7.   Another top Bush adviser, Thomas D. Rath, has repeatedly warned Bush about the way New Hampshire voters tend to move quickly in the final days.

8.   Arafat will return to the territories on Saturday, making his home in the Gaza Strip, Nabil Shaath, a top adviser, said.

9.   As Arafat reorganizes his government, Dahlan is seeking a job as a top adviser that would remove him from that political predicament while giving a broader portfolio.

10.   As for Perot, his top political adviser, Russell Verney, said many party leaders and longtime loyalists were initially eager to join ranks with Buchanan.