1.  "It's a big deal that she's the only one in Texas.

2.  It's a phenomenal enough deal that no one's mentioning specific sums.

3.  Other deals that looked smart a year ago appear less so today as ad spending droops, analysts said.

4.  RATIONAL-ATRIA (Undated) _ Rational Software agrees to acquire Pure Atria an $890 million stock deal that combines two makers of software development tools.

5.  Ridley-Thomas said politics often involved maneuvering and dealing that the public never saw, but that the resignation of three commissioners put this dispute on another level.

6.  So players push for deals that they feel are "safe" _ deals that in two years will grow with the market.

7.  The Bos-Serbs refuse to accept the peace deal that the U.N. persuaded their victims to swallow.

8.  The contract is guaranteed but not as firmly guaranteed as most deals that agents negotiate.

9.  The revised Laidlaw offer is better than the cash deal that came from Philip, but there are some question marks out there.

10.  This week, for instance, Chiles accused Bush of a variety of supposedly improper tax and business deals that Bush was able to explain away easily.