11.   Earlier Thursday, Ramos met with Secretary of Defense William Cohen to discuss security in the Pacific region.

12.   He is now executive director of the Pacific Telecommunications Council, an organization that promotes information services in the Pacific region.

13.   He took time out in World War II to work with the Office of War Information, where he became deputy director of the Pacific region.

14.   If you want to direct your bet more specifically to Asia, you can buy any of several funds that specialize in Asia and the Pacific region.

15.   In an interview Tuesday, Coulter said that corporate and investment banking would continue to grow in importance, especially in the Pacific region.

16.   Interestingly, the Pacific region, covering California and the Northwest, tends to be one of the most libertarian in its attitudes toward sex.

17.   Internationally, Lipper sees good prospects for Pacific region funds compared with those investing in Japan and Europe.

18.   More men are likely to prepare evening meals in the Midwest, mountain and Pacific regions than in the Northeast or South.

19.   PBEC is an association of senior Pacific region executives dedicated to expanded trade and investment.

20.   Such a shield in the eastern Pacific region might also make China think it had to build more missiles to keep its own nuclear forces from being marginalized.