1.   - Cardinals owner Bill Bidwill has been receiving a lot of congratulatory calls from around the league on his team making the playoffs.

2.   Bush received a congratulatory call from the vice president, who told him he was about to go before his supporters in Tennessee and concede the election.

3.   But he gladly stepped aside for Strawberry, who was the star, the one taking congratulatory calls from Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

4.   Congratulatory calls are still coming in.

5.   Even after getting a congratulatory call from the president, he understands that the final word has yet to be spoken on the subject.

6.   He even received a congratulatory call from President Clinton.

7.   He fielded a congratulatory call from baseball commissioner Bud Selig.

8.   He received no congratulatory call from the White House, but when he returned to work on Monday he got a standing ovation from his co-workers.

9.   His first thought, he said, was that it was another congratulatory call about the nominations.

10.   House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, who is mulling a run for president, waited until around midnight for his congratulatory call, according to Vilsack.