1.   Last fall, Lucent transferred a portion of its vendor financing, which it extends to help others buy its products, to a separate entity.

2.   Part of the problem was loans it had extended to help three affiliates of Nippon Credit Bank that went bankrupt.

3.   PGA star Curtis Strange criticized Tiger for ungratefully spurning an invitation that had been extended to help him get into the groove of the tour as quickly as possible.

4.   Second, its concepts should be extended to help parents until their children are out of high school.

5.   They also said they would like the use of television replays to be extended to help them in awarding catches.

6.   Others said the mourning period had been extended to help rally support and sympathy.