1.   American consumers are now shelling out nearly as much for personal computers as for television sets, the consumer electronics industry announced Friday at its annual winter trade show.

2.   At the same time the federation, which is holding its annual winter meeting here, called on the federal government to maintain efforts to keep out illegal immigrants.

3.   But the Big East coaches and athletic directors, who broached the subject at their annual winter meetings here, are considering a sudden-death system.

4.   But with baseball getting ready for the annual winter meetings, which begin today in Boston, the free-agent market has been relatively slow this winter.

5.   By the time the annual winter meetings arrived in December, Hunsicker became less optimistic a deal could be reached by the start of the season.

6.   He and his wife would also take take annual winter vacations in the Caribbean or in Mexico with other friends, but they were hardly exorbitant trips.

7.   In another era, delegates to the annual winter meetings could have held a revival meeting in Copley Square and nobody would have paid attention.

8.   In its annual winter review, the central bank said it expects the pace of growth to quicken this year.

9.   Jane Istvan will soon make her annual winter journey to Miami Beach to visit her grandmother.

10.   Most importantly, have your battery checked and serviced as part of your annual winter maintenance.