1.   Departing from his practice of traveling with an entourage, Giuliani left his aides in the car and came by himself to her office.

2.   Dole continued to keep his own counsel, leaving key aides in the dark.

3.   However, the White House staff has left the aide, now on paid leave, hanging alone in the unfriendly winds of the controversy.

4.   It has left aides to Giuliani and Clinton struggling with forces that could very well determine the outcome, yet are largely beyond their control.

5.   It keeps intact hundreds of city employees who are immersed in the cleanup, and who otherwise would leave government when Giuliani leaves, the aide said.

6.   Once again, he left his aides scrambling to absorb and account for his words.

7.   Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew did not respond to requests for comment on the situation Monday, leaving his aides to address questions about the school.

8.   That has left aides on both sides to fight a surrogate battle, sniping at each other in increasingly testy exchanges.

9.   Then Putin escorted Bush into his private study, leaving his aides outside.

10.   Most of its trained nurses have resigned, leaving nursing aides to attend to patients.