1.   After two whirlwind days of talks and travel, it was all quiet on the Tom Donahoe front Friday.

2.   Exuding confidence and well-being, the author was in New York City on a whirlwind day trip from his home in Charlottesville, Va.

3.   Monday was a whirlwind day for Sister Jean Marshall, a Dominican nun from the Bronx.

4.   Pete Sampras had a whirlwind day at his windswept office on the Stadium Court.

5.   The stakes become clear during a whirlwind day in Tabasco with the outgoing governor, Roberto Madrazo Pintado.

6.   Today, amid a whirlwind day of meetings with securities and analysts in Manhattan, he looked tired but happy to get the message out.

7.   On Wednesday, Els had worried that he might be distracted by the lingering glow of his Open victory at Congressional Country Club and the whirlwind days that followed.

8.   The request came during a whirlwind day of legal action spanning the state.

9.   The request to the Supreme Court came during a whirlwind day of legal action spanning the state.

10.   The trade caps off a whirlwind day for the Kings, who maintained as late as Tuesday afternoon that Gretzky was staying with the club.