11.   Judging from the accents, the majority of guests were North American, with contingents from Britain, Japan and Germany.

12.   Later, he flies to Miami for a rally that is expected to draw a large contingent from the Cuban exile community.

13.   Lay and the contingent from Enron headed to the airport at Teterboro, N.J., where the corporate plane awaited them.

14.   Local observers note that preliminary minor demonstrations have included sizable contingents from city agencies and that some city employees have been calling friends and family to drum up crowds.

15.   Often, those who cast the swing vote in the Grammys are the large contingents from professions like songwriting and recording.

16.   Officials in Belgrade later backpedaled, saying Milosevic had mentioned only the possibility of an unarmed contingent from the United Nations.

17.   Only a tiny van ferrying a contingent from the National Federation of the Blind failed to locate the service.

18.   Other ideas include a combination of Afghan units with contingents from Muslim countries or a European presence, according to a State Department official who declined to be named.

19.   Perhaps the most elaborate plans involved the Polka Hall of Fame contingent from Wisconsin.

20.   Seventy-five will make up the contingent from Argentina.