11.   One man offered a toast.

12.   Reggie Miller, who has made a career out of toasting the Knicks in the playoffs, took time out Wednesday to offer a toast to his rival.

13.   Victor, a lieutenant in the Russian army, raised a battered tin cup and offered a toast.

14.   When the Lenin statue was finally lowered to a concrete pedestal, a young man offered a toast.

15.   Yeltsin made an appearance at a reception after the inauguration where he offered a toast before invited guests.

16.   Before the food was served, the two presidents each offered toasts.

17.   Clinton also attended a U.N. luncheon at which he offered a toast to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.

18.   He even offers brandy toasts to visitors from America, his old ideological rival, and issues an open invitation for more of their countrymen to come visit.