1.   In interviews after their inaugural meeting last Thursday, all vowed to keep an open mind on whoever comes before the panel.

2.   The embattled Mayor explained his position in an interview after the rally.

3.   An administration official said in an interview after the speech that this was deliberate and would not change.

4.   And in a telephone interview after winning the Nobel prize, he was quick to share the credit for rational expectations theory with others.

5.   And so it went in interview after interview.

6.   As Rabin explained in a television interview shortly after the White House ceremony, it represented a rededication to the concept of a Jewish state.

7.   Before his voice dropped, he sang in church as a mezzo-soprano, van Dam recalled during an interview after a Symphony Hall reheaersal earlier this week.

8.   A lawyer for the PRI union, Francisco Maldonado, fueled fears of official manipulation by claiming victory in an interview after the vote.

9.   After losing the gold medal in a vote that unleashed a judging scandal, the two managed to project dismay, not bitterness, in interview after interview.

10.   But getting that message out to the public is a tedious process, requiring the accumulation of one witty speech and interview after another.