1.   He received the award from a National newspaper at the annual Sports Writers dinner.

2.   That was the warning sounded by Milk Marketing Board chairman Robin Morrow, when he addressed the annual dinner of the Northern Ireland branch of the British Veterinary Association.

3.   The Middlesbrough goalkeeper received his award from Association chairman Jeff Brown at the annual dinner at the Three Tuns Hotel, Durham.

4.   THE comedian Johnny Beattie was slightly perplexed at the recent annual dinner of the Benevolent Society of the Licensed Trade in Scotland.

5.   And later in the evening, he spoke at the annual dinner of the Empire State Pride Agenda, a gay rights group.

6.   At the annual fund-raising dinner for United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, praise is usually the order of the day.

7.   Ali was in town to accept the Humanitarian Award of United Cerebral Palsy of New York City at its annual dinner Wednesday night.

8.   But that was expected at the annual Explorers Club dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria.

9.   Farnum and Tipton shoot each other e-mails, she said, and have toyed with organizing an annual dinner to put faces to e-mail addresses.

10.   Former independent counsel Kenneth Starr will address its annual dinner in April.