1.   As the vessel crossed the Panama Canal, two sailors discovered him and alerted immigration officials in Miami.

2.   As they circled the parking lot, they discovered the stolen car and alerted other officials.

3.   Autopsies have also alerted officials to growing threats of infection or drug addiction.

4.   Before going to Egypt last May, Al Ridi said, he alerted FBI officials in Cairo.

5.   A University of Michigan alumnus in Moscow was browsing the alt.sex.stories news group in Russia, saw the story, noted its origin and alerted school officials.

6.   Again, health officials would be alerted to begin investigating.

7.   But Hanssen alerted Soviet officials to the investigation, the FBI said, and Gikman quickly returned to Moscow.

8.   By reviewing hospital records and alerting health officials in other states, the epidemiologists identified a total of nine cases in Cincinnati and Indianapolis.

9.   Coaches alert officials by tossing a red flag onto the field.

10.   Dayton Hudson investigators first alerted federal officials to the ring.