1.   Prison officials drew less passionate executioners from a list of law-enforcement officers.

2.   CHESTER City FC officials drew a veil of secrecy around negotiations for the sale of the club last night as hopes of a deal faded.

3.   As a result, parks officials drew up a less sweeping set of regulations that were released Wednesday.

4.   At the outset, transit officials drew up a master plan to bring the system into good working order.

5.   At the same time, though, the official also challenged the dark conclusions that U.S. officials drew about the tests.

6.   At the Pentagon, officials have been drawing up plans for an Iraq campaign.

7.   A senior American official drew a direct link between the exploitation of oil resources in the Caspian Basin and prospects for stability.

8.   Administration officials also drew up a list of trade sanctions and other options in case the EU punished Boeing.

9.   Agency officials have drawn up time-zone charts so they can track developments.

10.   Federal officials were still drawing up the plan late Thursday night.