1.   A preliminary figure for March that originally showed an acceleration was later revised down to show no change.

2.   But preliminary figures suggest so wide a margin for Zedillo, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, that hanky-panky is unlikely to have affected the outcome.

3.   Gap declined to disclose any preliminary sales figures from the weekend.

4.   In Japan, the National Consumer Information Center last spring released preliminary figures on problems consumers had encountered related to transactions on the Net.

5.   Nukaya said the EPA may also start releasing preliminary GDP figures.

6.   One refinement, she said, may be to devise preliminary figures that could be published sooner than at present.

7.   On Thursday the Ministry of International Trade and Industry will release preliminary figures on industrial production in November.

8.   Preliminary figures point toward a recommendation that Bush declare a disaster and open the way for federal assistance, Millwee said.

9.   Preliminary figures for all of Western Germany will be delayed this month because the consumer-goods basket is being revamped.

10.   Preliminary figures strongly suggest that, from the New Jersey shore to the Las Vegas strip, the number of summer vacationers will set a record.