1.   Before leaving the hospital, she authorized the early dismissal of state employees because of the snow.

2.   It was heaven, especially on those landmark occasions when angelic parents arranged for early dismissal from school so that not one pitch of batting practice would be missed.

3.   They chatter about whether the sleet will force early dismissal from school, whether the Islanders covered the spread and whether to take contemporary poetry or film studies.

4.   Under rules laid out by the administration, all federal employees had to show up for work even if they knew it would probably mean early dismissal.

5.   While some Democrats considered Chafee a possible ally in any move to cut the trial short, the senator said he would not go along with an early dismissal.

6.   Campbell and left-hander Jimmy Adams built a solid partnership after the early dismissals of left-handers Shivnarine Chanderpaul and captain Brian Lara.

7.   Milosevic was clearly irritated by the early dismissal, lifting his hand in a gesture of frustration as the witness left the courtroom.

8.   The early dismissal of Mark Ramprakash, again for no score, brings the lefthander back into the action sooner than expected.

9.   Two school days will have to be made up because of early dismissals.

10.   He played second fiddle to England captain Atherton as the Lancashire pair steered England out of trouble, following the early dismissal of county colleague Gallian.