1.   President Clinton issued an order Tuesday barring federal contracts from companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants.

2.   But we did manage to get the contract from him after.

3.   In late summer we won the contract from Ryehill, a major reclamation scheme just east of Durham.

4.   Research is well supported by grants and contracts from Research Councils, a wide range of charitable foundations, the European Community and industry.

5.   We were pleased to be awarded a long term contract from BP for integrated engineering services on their Magnus, Thistle and Miller platforms.

6.   Many insurers are able to alter the majority of earlier contracts from their original basis to provide a return of fund on death.

7.   Tough measures were encouraged by the United States, which threatened to withdraw contracts from companies with CGIL majorities on works councils.

8.   We have grown steadily and now have offshore contracts from most major players in the North Sea and beyond.

9.   Analysts said that the combined company should be able to deploy its amateur salespeople alongside its professionals to win additional contracts from small and medium-sized businesses.

10.   And an article in the Asian Wall Street Journal saying Airbus Industria officials are still hoping to win a contract from Air China hurt shares of Boeing.