11.   He offered little assessment of their combat power.

12.   Highly confident, he is quick to offer blunt assessments on issues affecting his business.

13.   On Tuesday, environmentalists offered their assessment of that record based on his actual votes.

14.   Other scholars offered mixed assessments of the Friedman theory.

15.   Other than that, however, lawmakers who attended the meeting with the president offered gloomy assessments of the chances for a budget compromise this year.

16.   Saints coach Jim Mora offered an assessment that accentuated the positive and left some wondering if he had watched the same game as Erickson.

17.   School officials and others offered assessments of Pacheco on Thursday with the understanding that they would not comment on who had been selected.

18.   Robert J. Samuelson, columnist for the Washington Post and Newsweek, offers his assessment.

19.   The company is starting the program with hourly assembly-mechanic positions but will soon offer the assessment for tooling, machinist, electrician and other positions.

20.   The mediator briefed the secretary on where the talks stood, offering his assessment of the situation and where he thought the two sides were headed.