1.   Stalin staged a series of show trials.

2.   Porter International is staging a series of two-day training sessions for its salesmen in six cities across America, starting mid-January.

3.   Bartos said he supported the decision, made by a board subcommittee, to stage the series.

4.   Co-hosted by the Red Sox, the NABL will stage a series of seminars and roundtable discussions to kick off the five-day meetings.

5.   Hill is not unaware of her position, and in concert she made good-natured reference to it by staging a series of spirited duels with her DJ.

6.   Hindu fanatics killed four members of a Christian family in the eastern state of Bihar and have staged a series of attacks in the state of Gujarat.

7.   In recent days the guerrillas staged a series of actions in an effort to show that their clandestine army remains intact.

8.   Ken Bentsen staged a series of campaign announcements Monday, including stops in McAllen, Houston, Austin and San Antonio.

9.   Russian troops marched into Chechnya in September after rebels staged a series of raids into the neighboring Russian region of Dagestan.

10.   So Bullock staged a series of raids.