1.   A TXU subsidiary will be able to buy power from the plants during peak summer periods for the next five years, the company said Thursday.

2.   Strikes over the summer holiday period are chronic in Italy, although some are canceled at the last minute.

3.   Temporary security workers are also recruited for the busy summer holiday period.

4.   Air France was following its practice of buying capacity from other airlines during the strike but this was proving difficult during the summer holiday period in France.

5.   The trial on corruption charges of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi resumed in Milan on Wednesday, after an interruption for the summer holiday period.

6.   This is proving difficult during the summer holiday period.

7.   Work in many sectors of the economy slows down during the summer holiday period of July and August.

8.   Milic appealed to the Yugoslav government to defer the passport measure until after the summer holiday period.

9.   That rules out the winter when much of the country is inundated with several feet of snow and the July-August summer holiday period.