11.   Passing over candidates with less aggressive prosecutorial backgrounds, the House ethics committee Friday selected Cole to serve as its special counsel in the Gingrich case.

12.   The U.S. committee will select three or four finalists in the spring.

13.   Though a policy committee nominally selects all candidates, the widespread perception is that Harding IS the Liberal Party, and he does little to counter this.

14.   When the NCAA basketball committee selects teams for the tournament, it tends to treat early-season results with a collective shrug.

15.   A Chinese-appointed committee selected the provisional legislature.

16.   A PGA Tour committee selected Nicklaus in February.

17.   An Academy committee selects the nominees.

18.   Contenders in some categories, including documentaries and foreign-language films, are selected by committees.

19.   Joint committees are now selecting villages where they might begin winterizing homes before refugees return.

20.   Last year, the committee selected Tom Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells.