1.   The president read a brief statement to reporters before boarding his plane.

2.   Answered three sequent questions from one reporter before turning to the others.

3.   Annan, in remarks to reporters before the talks, said he would press for return of the inspectors.

4.   As Harris addressed a large group of reporters before the game, Golden State coach Rick Adelman walked by unnoticed.

5.   Barloon and Daliberti looked well but declined to talk to reporters before a planned press conference in Amman, Jordan, later Sunday.

6.   Bentsen told reporters before a speech Monday afternoon on trade policy that the rising speculation about his departure during the last month was premature.

7.   Bloomberg speaks to reporters before his first swearing-in ceremony, Monday.

8.   After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University and Boston University, he worked for a time as a newspaper reporter before entering the ministry.

9.   Bush hammered the point home repeatedly, telling reporters just before departing from Philadelphia that he was uninterested in polls that showed him ahead.

10.   Bush seemed to respond to that Friday when he talked to reporters shortly before the phone conversation, which he knew would occur.