1.   As the television networks retreat from coverage of the Democratic and Republican national conventions this summer, dozens of Internet sites are poised to take up the slack.

2.   But with lawmakers poised to take up the issue of deregulating electricity, Vastar needs to prepare to offer the broadest range of energy products.

3.   CREATING A MONSTER Are machines poised to take over the world?

4.   Even so, municipalities are selling new securities in record numbers, with Italy poised to take the lead in both size and the number of issues.

5.   He was billed by all those who had seen him as the real deal, a Japanese fireballer poised to take the American League by storm.

6.   In the other Arab republics of Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, and Libya a younger generation also remains poised to take the reins of power.

7.   It is a question that could be asked of any old-style retailer poised to take its business to the Web.

8.   Several analysts have identified Tetra Tech Inc. of Pasadena, Calif., as an engineering and consulting company poised to take advantage of government business.

9.   The Blue Devils are as hot as can be and poised to take a lot of the fun out of the next three weeks.

10.   The combination will create a specialty metals producer poised to take advantage of the booming aerospace market.