1.   And then the worst word filtered to some of them.

2.   Cabinet officials and agency heads are lucky if the word on Bush policy filters down to them.

3.   More fundamentally, word has now filtered into the hinterlands that Washington will no longer allow refugees intercepted at sea to settle in the United States.

4.   The word filtered back from his performance in San Francisco in the fall that Coleman was playing as well as ever.

5.   The word has now filtered down to relevant officials at Justice, the FBI and other agencies.

6.   While the hit was uncovered by the FBI, word first filtered to Kuby through an Arizona reporter.