1.   Before Helms left New York, he had donned a U.N. cap and was exchanging toasts with council members at the staid Metropolitan Club.

2.   Afterward, at a midnight supper, Ms. Bausch exchanges toasts with various performers.

3.   Clinton exchanged warm toasts with Tung and was treated to a gala reception by colorfully costumed lion dancers at the new airport.

4.   In the end, Juppe did not touch on the subject, but the two sides refused to exchange toasts.

5.   Koptev hustled Goldin into a side room off the gallery to exchange toasts of vodka.

6.   Later, at a state dinner at the White House, the two presidents kept their respective tones as they exchanged toasts.

7.   President Clinton and Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel exchanged toasts Sunday night at a White House dinner, praising each other for their efforts toward peace.

8.   In Puerto Ordaz, Chavez and Castro exchanged toasts during a dinner party that lasted until dawn Monday.

9.   Several hours later, Bolger cut a ribbon across the embassy door and exchanged toasts with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam.

10.   State newspapers are reprinting photos of Nixon meeting communist founder Mao Tse-tung and exchanging toasts with Premier Zhou Enlai.