11.   All being well, the second operation may take place three months later.

12.   Allied officials would not say where the operation was taking place.

13.   Bush has suggested that the United States would be involved in a long struggle, but never suggested that the operation could take so long.

14.   But the Gephardt operation is not taking such precautions.

15.   But the news operation has taken note of the special.

16.   Enron and several of its subsidiaries said they needed the exemption because their foreign operations were quickly taking on the characteristics of investment companies.

17.   Her surgeon had no license to practice in the state where the operation took place.

18.   In all, the operation took about three minutes.

19.   In its favor, the entire operation took less than two hours, hardly longer than the average hysterectomy.

20.   Medical Center spokesman Bill Gordon said the operation would probably take place in early April.