1.   One reason is the low credit quality of US corporations following the wave of takeovers and leveraged buyouts and associated issues of junk bonds.

2.   Another core issue troubling the American church following the wave of scandals has been the priestly vow of celibacy.

3.   As expected, sweeping changes are in the works following a wave of bad publicity.

4.   CS First Boston is hiring high-profile executives following a wave of defections, mostly from its fixed-income and equity departments.

5.   Following a wave of violence, Israelis and Palestinians agreed to a truce this week in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheik.

6.   It also follows a wave of revised recommendations and estimates by analysts.

7.   It follows the waves caused when an anonymous love letter, filled with ever so slightly lavender prose, makes its way through a small New England town.

8.   Many feminists who followed the wave exemplified by Professor Daly have now rejected it as extreme.

9.   Speculation about GAN followed a wave of merger speculation in Europe.

10.   Stock prices slipped Monday following a wave of selling in the technology sector.