1.   In some of these, initial confrontation is now leading to constructive dialogue with local authority officials.

2.   Among his other administrative duties is the appointment of transit authority officials.

3.   Coun Jack Warwick a retired Yorkshire Water authority official and Coun Eric Dixon a retired education authority officer, have both been nominated to be next Mayor of Scarborough.

4.   Hospital land at Barnard Castle will be sold for development, a health authority official confirmed after winning a planning appeal last Thursday.

5.   And although authority officials said the lapses never posed any immediate safety threats, federal regulators worried that the pattern of mismanagement could lead to more serious problems.

6.   As the plant moves closer to a restart date, authority officials are likely to encounter increased opposition.

7.   Authority officials have drafted, though not sent, a formal request for proposals from stadium developers.

8.   Authority officials have said the scope of the project would not prevent it from building a baseball stadium in the future at the Meadowlands.

9.   Authority officials said construction on the elevated train, which would run down the median of the Van Wyck Expressway, could begin by the end of the year.

10.   Authority officials said the low fee charged to local buses was meant to encourage mass transit.