1.   At the same time, companies such as Sylmar-based MiniMed are working to combine blood sugar testing technologies and the insulin pump into an artificial pancreas.

2.   The two houses will now work to combine their bills.

3.   They are working to combine Western ideas of abstraction with their Central Asian heritage.

4.   Two panelists thought it was too tart, but the others thought it would work well combined with other ingredients.

5.   The matter now rests with a congressional conference committee working to combine the House bill with a similar Senate-passed measure.