1.   The retired couple hatched the idea three years ago after seeing a demonstration on TV.

2.   And so the idea was hatched.

3.   Benioff and Gage hatched the idea prior to the panel, each one agreeing to contribute resources from his company.

4.   British Telecommunications hatched the idea and is in the process of licensing it to a yet-undisclosed commercial manufacturer.

5.   Christo hatched the idea decades ago, when East and West Berlin were divided.

6.   Gingrich and his allies hatched the idea at a series of dinner meetings that began long before the November election brought them to power.

7.   Gov. Richards hatched the idea of setting aside roughly half of all the new beds for drug treatment.

8.   He hatched the idea after noticing the similarities between bobsleds and the pushcarts poor Jamaicans use to haul fruits and other products.

9.   He hatched the idea after a producer asked him to co-host a talk show with a woman and urged him to appeal to a female audience.

10.   It was a shocking pronouncement, a last burst of optimism that was light years away from the reaction when this idea was first hatched.