21.   What the airlines have not yet done, to the consternation of many travel agents and tour operators, is accept reservations for travel to millennium celebrations.

22.   With these numbers, Hertz is accepting reservations for navigating cars.

23.   Dingmans accepts reservations but fills up fast for weekends.

24.   In a decidedly downmarket move, operators of the Channel Tunnel announced Tuesday they will accept reservations for people to take bicycles under the sea between England and France.

25.   Northwest had been banking on receiving authorization and, according to industry sources, has been accepting reservations on the new route for the past two months.

26.   Northwest had been banking on winning approval for the Jakarta route last week, having already accepted reservations and having taken out full-page advertisements offering the new service.