1.   Barbour, who started the year with Ricky Craven behind the wheel before replacing him with Loy Allen Jr., last month, now has veteran Hut Stricklin.

2.   Barkley feels the Rockets have an advantage over some teams that made drastic changes because the Rockets have veterans.

3.   A number of veterans have been campaigning for McCain in South Carolina, which has more veterans per capita than any other state.

4.   But Michigan State, with three seniors and two juniors in the starting lineup, believes it has the veterans to withstand the assaults.

5.   But the board does have veterans of several big corporate mergers.

6.   But the distributional impact has many veterans from the deficit wars shaking their heads.

7.   But the team also has veteran Joe Wolf, who filled in at tackle last season.

8.   But they do have veterans with clout, like tight end Howard Cross and wide receiver Chris Calloway.

9.   Carroll thinks he has enough veterans to offset the loss of leadership.

10.   Congressional thriftiness has many veterans groups feeling abandoned on this Memorial Day weekend.