11.   Speculation abounds that Shula may have been forced out or was about to be and resigned before that could happen.

12.   Speculation already abounds about the successor to Jack Valenti when he retires as head of the Motion Picture Association of America.

13.   Speculation abounded on whether cuts would bite deep into the Cultural Center, which is now regarded as the most important privately financed museum in Mexico.

14.   Speculation abounds as to what might have happened.

15.   Speculation abounds over how all this will work out.

16.   Speculation abounds that the board has put Dolan on notice and that the company is ripe for takeover.

17.   Speculation abounds that the magic of wireless technology will provide an immediacy and informality desperately needed to stem the flagging interest of the American public in these affairs.

18.   Speculation abounds that Vancouver defenseman Adrian Aucoin soon will be traded.

19.   Speculation already abounds about whom Bush or Gore might appoint.