1.   Among the guests today are members of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, which means, the pageant officials say, corporation presidents and their wives.

2.   Asked about her pin, she starts to answer when another pageant official intercedes.

3.   Before Turner could walk down the runway, pageant officials announced that Turner was actually the first runner-up.

4.   Berry, who had originally wanted to be a journalist before a boyfriend sent her picture to beauty pageant officials, reluctantly agreed.

5.   Faced with an outcry from state pageant officials, the national organization immediately backed off from putting the change into effect.

6.   If there is a strike, pageant officials said they would call the parade off because they feared a confrontation with pickets on the boardwalk.

7.   In a country conflicted over what roles and rights women should have, pageant officials and contestants are merely grappling with the same ambivalence as society itself.

8.   In a country in conflict over what roles and rights women should have, pageant officials and contestants are merely grappling with the same uncertainty.

9.   In choosing the Osmonds, pageant officials cited their family image and youthful appeal.

10.   In interviews, pageant officials and the current Miss America tell us why and how much of reality we can expect to see reflected in the show.