1.   County Board officials are leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to ensure that everything possible is done to facilitate the preparations for the big game.

2.   American officials left open a window for a meeting later in the week between Arafat and Netanyahu, but said the possibility was a slight one.

3.   And at the Pentagon and the White House alike, officials left open the possibility that the solution they seek could be met in some other country.

4.   As expected, Fed officials left rates steady at their policy meeting today.

5.   As three senior Palestinian security officials left a four-hour meeting at the Erez checkpoint between Israel and Gaza, Israeli troops fired at their convoy.

6.   At their May and July meetings, Fed officials left interest rates alone, amid signs demand has slowed.

7.   Administration officials left open the possibility that Abraham would extend the temporary orders by the Clinton administration.

8.   After his name was entered in a computer, customs officials left him waiting for hours.

9.   Bush officials left some in place but changed others.

10.   But for their Lebanese clients, Syrian officials also left their position muddy by reassuring Lebanon this week that Chebaa Farms was also occupied Lebanese land.