1.   Almost as if feting a lunar landing, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin sent the bankers an effusive congratulatory telegram.

2.   A round of congratulatory telegrams for Milosevic are read endlessly by the television anchors.

3.   Congratulatory telegrams arrived from all over the country, including one from Ernie Johnson, then a pitcher with the Milwaukee Braves.

4.   He also said that the association had recently sent congratulatory telegrams to Nelson Mandela and Yasser Arafat.

5.   He knows the thrill of receiving a congratulatory telegram from the president of the United States.

6.   Maybe Olin Browne will get a congratulatory telegram from the injured Greg Norman, a victim that day at Augusta.

7.   Within days, the Dials were deluged with congratulatory telegrams and telephone calls from all over the world.

8.   A brick-size stack of congratulatory telegrams sat on a chair.

9.   Chinese President and Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin sent Kim a congratulatory telegram right after his election.

10.   Finnish President Tarja Halonen sent Ruutel a congratulatory telegram.