1.   A spokesman for the National Security Council said the president did not intend to tie bin Laden to Ressam.

2.   Abner J. Mikva, the White House counsel, would not discuss whether the president intended to name Edelman to the appeals court.

3.   Aides denied that Yeltsin left in a huff, contending the Russian president always had intended to leave the two-day conference early.

4.   Bush aides have criticized the last-minute actions, but it is not clear whether the incoming president intends to try to undo them.

5.   But now it is perfectly proper to ask how deeply the president intends to involve the United States military around the world?

6.   But that appeared to be what the president intended to do.

7.   But the president intends to pick up the pace when he returns to Washington in September.

8.   For now, McCurry said, the president intends to go to the meeting next week.

9.   He said the president intends to come to Texas later in the month.

10.   Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said the president still intends to veto the bill.