1.   Condit was seen disposing of the watch box, and the incident was reported to authorities, an official said.

2.   Gentile declined to comment on reports that the Washington police might ask Condit about the incident with the watch box.

3.   One reportedly drove Condit to Alexandria, Va., when the congressman was seen discarding a watch box hours before police searched his condominium.

4.   Police found the watch box, which an official said had been a gift to Condit from another woman and which he kept in his office.

5.   This noun, also written watch box, denotes the box-shaped geographical areas under threat of storm.

6.   Under questioning, Condit also offered an explanation for a watch box that he threw away shortly before police searched his apartment.