1.   In seeming counterpoint, the waning weeks of the Clinton White House bring revived talk of an American-brokered deal.

2.   It was concern over human rights that led President George Bush to send American troops to famine-ridden Somalia in the waning weeks of his administration.

3.   The hostage situation at Grand Canyon appears to have gotten significantly more insoluble in the waning weeks of the Clinton administration.

4.   The league has what it wants -- competitive balance and fans in most cities believing until the waning weeks that their teams can make the playoffs.

5.   Local records show that dozens died daily when a typhoid epidemic spread among inmates in the waning weeks of World War II.

6.   Local records show that dozens died daily when a typhoid epidemic spread among inmates in the waning weeks of the war.