11.   Powell opted to spend his White House fellowship year in the Office of Management and Budget, a powerful department involved with almost every federal agency.

12.   But Clinton has opted to spend his first night out of the White House in Chappaqua, N.Y., where the Clintons own a home, Siewert said.

13.   The Dallas Cowboys have opted to spend part of the hottest month of the summer away from Texas.

14.   The relationship was said to be on the rocks just last month when Zeta-Jones opted to spend Christmas in Wales.