1.   Children participating in the smash tennis tournaments will receive trading cards, player autographs and other gifts from event sponsors.

2.   He said the access was a by-product of the sponsorship, not an integral part of it, and said such access is not unusual for event sponsors.

3.   He was the first to refuse to allow event sponsors or league presidents to dictate which announcers would cover an event.

4.   All the beef had been tested and cleared of mad cow disease before guests dug in, said event sponsor Naoto Kitamura, a parliament member from Hokkaido.

5.   While in London, Olajuwon will practice with the English league team London Towers and meet with event sponsors.

6.   Chen Cheng-chung, the event sponsor, sought help from the Entry and Exit Bureau Thursday and was told the bureau would allow Johnson in.