1.   Genentech said that the drug could be submitted for FDA approval as soon as next year.

2.   He said he hopes to return to the NHL as soon as next season.

3.   Health care experts inside and outside the FDA said that they expected the recommendations to be adopted by the agency as early as next spring.

4.   He said the meeting could take place as soon as next week.

5.   Martinez may make a start as soon as next weekend in Texas.

6.   McLin said she may convene her committee as soon as next Tuesday.

7.   Michael Irvin fell here, on the Philly turf, and Troy Aikman hobbles as next in line.

8.   Reformers vowed to push for House action as soon as next week, but they found no encouragement from the Republican leaders, who set the agenda.

9.   Schneider, who is in a Frankfurt jail, could be tried as early as next summer.

10.   Sojo plans eventually to try managing, possibly as soon as next winter in Venezuela.