1.   Cost of take-over battles to soar A RECENT ruling by Customs and Excise could add millions to the costs of company takeovers.

2.   On a geologic time scale of millions to hundreds of millions of years, Earth is far less stable.

3.   One former Garcia confidante has testified in court that his old boss handed out millions to government officials who protected his shipments.

4.   Feared that automation would add millions to the ranks of the unemployed.

5.   A RECENT ruling by Customs and Excise could add millions to the costs of company takeovers.

6.   Already, the deal means millions to York.

7.   Astor, every bit the lady, has given millions to worthy causes.

8.   At such a rate of mass loss, the star probably has only another one million to three million years to live.

9.   Beyond the popular and expensive tax changes, both bills contain a litany of different provisions that are worth millions to companies and specific market sectors.

10.   A lawyer for five Japanese banks that loaned millions to Montgomery Ward questioned the reasonableness of the incentive offers.