1.   A private consortium has financial backing for a scheme to build an entire underground toll-road system.

2.   But many observers have said that the consortium has a less-than-favorable shot at constructing other high-speed lines, if such projects do materialize.

3.   He said that eventually the consortium would have had to decide whether it would build the aircraft with Boeing or build a separate, smaller one on its own.

4.   If Venter should finish first, the NIH consortium might have little to show for its efforts.

5.   If the agreement leads to a commercialized stepper, the consortium will have the right to license it to a manufacturer, Staffin said.

6.   The consortium has other reasons to be concerned.

7.   The consortium had little luck finding a suitable provider until its plight was mentioned in Inc. magazine.

8.   The consortium has a second pipeline that extends to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.

9.   The consortium had a waiver that excused its students from taking the exams until last June, and it continues to battle the Education Department over the issue.

10.   The consortium had no official comment, but Airbus executives said that the proposed acquisition had not taken them by surprise.