1.   As much as anyone else, McNulty and Hardy helped set in motion the events that have led Attorney General Janet Reno to consider an independent investigation.

2.   It requires understanding that these are often forces Americans themselves have helped set loose, as when the United States armed and financed Afghan rebels against the Soviet Union.

3.   There are thousands of holes left to be played this year, but what happens this week will help set the tone.

4.   The binding limits on GHG emissions agreed to by developed countries in Kyoto will help set the price for those rights.