11.   An Oklahoma City newspaper conducted an informal poll of its readers shortly after the Denver jury handed down its verdict.

12.   An Utz driver will hand down a few bags of sourdough pretzels as he passes.

13.   And rather than confront large and politically unpopular damage awards as they are handed down, legislators also decided to simply keep the spigot to the Treasury open indefinitely.

14.   As a federal appeals court decision handed down Tuesday makes clear, however, such changes in thinking have not come easily.

15.   Ask workers for feedback and ideas instead of handing down a pronouncement.

16.   Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Roper said he was pleased that McBryde handed down maximum sentences.

17.   As soon as the sentence was handed down, Jovan Babic, the lawyer for Erdemovic, went over to the defendant, apparently to console him.

18.   Because the justice system is handing down longer sentences and the prison population is growing larger and older, health costs are increasing.

19.   Before handing down the sentence, Glasser noted that he had sentenced many of the couriers in the last six months.