1.   But no sooner had the umpires left the room, leaving signed letters of resignation behind, that the strategy began unraveling.

2.   Evans got signed letters from Knight and four other recruits, and expects the letter from Compton, Calif., guard Tito Maddox within a few days.

3.   Haitian and foreign officials said Michel submitted a signed letter of resignation after an agitated Cabinet meeting early this week.

4.   He sent a signed letter Friday to the student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, connecting him to the crimes.

5.   Sixteen umpires who had signed letters of resignation subsequently rescinded their action, joining eight who had never signed.

6.   To close the account, a parent must mail a signed letter to the bank, which will in turn mail a check for the balance.

7.   A signed letter from Olivia de Havilland with her picture hangs framed on the breakfast room wall.

8.   Also on the auction block was a signed letter by American tennis great Bill Tilden.

9.   But the commitee chairman, Ambassador Emilio Cardenas of Argentina, said the committee had not yet received the signed letter from Milosevic and Izetbegovic.

10.   In a separate signed letter, Presidents Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia and Franjo Tudjman of Croatia said the Bosnian Croat ministate in Bosnia-Herzegovina would be dismantled.