1.   But some other districts indicated that they were still scrambling to pare their lists.

2.   Four Muslim countries -- Saudia Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon and Sudan -- refused to attend the conference and other Muslim countries pared their lists of delegates.

3.   Powell would like to see the list pared further.

4.   Republicans said Democrats were unwilling to pare their list of amendments because they wanted to goad Lott into putting the bill aside.

5.   Regardless, Barnes hopes to start paring the lists next year.

6.   So far the board has pared the list of candidates without having to form a consensus among its individual members.

7.   Staffs have been cut, artists have been jettisoned and project lists have been pared.

8.   The NCAA will announce the potential sites next week and pare the list to a handful of finalists by the end of March.

9.   The research company said it pares its list about twice a year.

10.   Ahead of the election, a preliminary round of balloting was held Wednesday to pare the list of five candidates down to one.