1.  A former spokeswoman for a natural gas pipeline company got the news that she was no longer needed from an official whose company was buying the pipeline.

2.  But Nicole Blackman, a former spokeswoman for KMFDM, said that the band did not subscribe to racist or neo-Nazi views.

3.  But Nicole Blackman, a former spokeswoman for KMFDM, said emphatically that the band did not subscribe to racist or neo-Nazi views.

4.  Daoud suggested that Hanan Ashrawi, the former spokeswoman who is probably the most recognized Palestinian in the West, as a possible successor.

5.  Hanan Ashrawi, the former spokeswoman for the peace talks delegation and a human rights advocate, was one of four women elected to the council.

6.  Harlan and his wife, Deborah, a former TV spokeswoman for Lipton Tea and Time magazine, are fixtures on the society pages.

7.  He declined to discuss persistent speculation that Wendy Kaufman, the former Snapple spokeswoman, would return.

8.  Terri J. Howell, a former chief spokeswoman at WorldCom, is one of the Salomon clients who agreed to tell her story.

9.  The chief translator will be Maddie Pimentel, former spokeswoman for the Latin American Association, with others assisting, Carter says.

10.  The press gallery drew its share of attention, too, as former White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers took a seat near the New York columnist Jimmy Breslin.