1.   As this column has reported, the Securities and Exchange Commission is giving extra scrutiny to the proposed bond offering.

2.   In the past, this column has reported an alleged high failure rate with the Jaz.

3.   It said that a column was reporting with a point of view.

4.   On Wednesday, a New York tabloid gossip column reported -- and this has certainly not been the first time -- that Lopez and Combs had broken up.

5.   The column reported that Quinn took a desk in the sports department.

6.   The column reported, and Aikman told associates last month, that John Blake, then the defensive line coach, made the accusations to Switzer at midseason.

7.   This column first reported in early January that the two sides were talking, which certainly was one of the worst-kept secrets on Wall Street.

8.   Would it be wrong to repeat what gossip columns have reported about her current boyfriend?

9.   Before his engagement was announced, gossip columns regularly reported on his relationships with actresses, pop stars and socialites.

10.   Gossip columns regularly reported on his liaisons with actresses, pop stars and beauty queens.