1.   Hicks obtained a court order waiving the juvenile confidentiality of his case, enabling officials to discuss his arrest and trial.

2.   Officials discussed the possibility of using military forces to back up the police.

3.   Belgian officials are discussing this with their French counterparts.

4.   Senior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced.

5.   American and Philippine officials are discussing a change in the restrictions, officials here said.

6.   American Express and Georgia officials have discussed the card program since publication of the Journal-Constitution article, said American Express spokeswoman Christine Levite.

7.   And it is disturbing to hear that RTC officials are discussing such horrendous misdeeds as the use of an agency fax machine for personal reasons.

8.   Apple and Microsoft officials discussed the agreement at the CeBIT Home Electronics fair.

9.   Apple officials would not discuss the situation.

10.   Another project the Mexican governor and Texas officials discussed is a new bridge and border stop in the same region to alleviate growing lines through customs.