11.   He promised to read every bill that crossed his desk when he ran for governor of Georgia, and he had a hard time shedding that habit as president.

12.   Here is a quick peek at some of the most unusual publications to cross travel desks this year.

13.   His aides said simply that Gore did not busy himself with reading every memo that crossed his desk.

14.   I am frequently amused by travel-related survey findings that cross my desk.

15.   Hundreds of recipes cross my desk every week, from the wires, cookbooks and news releases.

16.   In a few weeks, transcripts from high school students who have just finished their junior years will start to cross his desk.

17.   In such a mental state, I am ripe for the book crossing my desk.

18.   It would also probably be good politics, if questionable statesmanship, to sign the next welfare-reform bill that crosses his desk.

19.   New York-based lenders say they are not as much turned off by the city as they are by the actual deals that cross their desks.

20.   No cloning proposals have crossed their desk.