1.   Governments spend hundreds of billions of dollars this way every year-on health care, on highway construction, on building maintenance.

2.   One of the more than a hundred and thirty children who die that way every year.

3.   County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow, when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits.

4.   A lot has happened to McPeek along the way this year.

5.   Center fielder Victor Mesa and third baseman Omar Linares lead the way this year.

6.   Expect it to go the same way this year.

7.   Gov. George Pataki of New York has a chance to celebrate Labor Day in a substantial way this year.

8.   He indeed stuck a wedge further into the fragile chemistry of a team that has had trouble finding its way all year.

9.   I hope the children I know will feel the same way this year.

10.   Indeed, part of the fun for me is trying to anticipate a few of the curve balls the academy is sure to send our way this year.