1.   The ceremonial chains used by Cleveland County Council chairman Ted Wood and his wife Ruth was found to be gone just before noon yesterday.

2.   An e-mail prayer chain or an Internet posting is much quicker than the old telephone chains used to spread urgent prayer requests.

3.   And he explains why fast-food chains use only dwarf evergreens so that they can landscape instantly and never prune thereafter.

4.   As these chains use their huge size to squeeze vendors and offer lower prices to their customers, Payless has been hemorrhaging steadily.

5.   Otherwise, a fast-food chain could use images of Michael Jordan to promote their hamburgers and not bother to pay him an endoresement fee.

6.   She said the chain uses leaner meats and is experimenting with low-fat cheeses and mayonnaises.

7.   Supermarket chains often use people like the Tuckers to check out the service and prices in their stores and report back to corporate headquarters.

8.   The chain uses a number of devices in addition to security guards to protect itself.

9.   The chains use the programs to funnel promotional dollars to the most loyal shoppers.

10.   The plan, announced Thursday, is for the East Bridgewater, Mass. chain to use the money to replace old stores and open new ones.