1.   Spokesman Bob Stangarone said the award could lead to a modest increase in employment in software and engineering slots.

2.   The award led to a number of commissions, but these were intended for live musicians, a species Nancarrow regarded with mistrust.

3.   Those awards have led some to question whether trial lawyers are gold-digging at the public-policy trough.

4.   Nobel committe members, however, hoped the award would lead to positive results.

5.   Nobel committee members, however, hoped the award would lead to positive results and force Indonesia to ease its ruthless, iron grip over East Timor.

6.   And Arafat voiced hope that the award would lead to a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement between Israel and Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.