1.  It is often helpful to have your spouse in the room when major news is expected.

2.  Analysts suggested that the muted reaction may indicate that the news was expected, since consolidation seemed inevitable and Instinet had been in talks and without a top executive.

3.  Analysts say they had expected the news of the delay.

4.  And with Christmas sales on the way, he expects better news in the fourth quarter.

5.  For Catellus Development Co., which has been searching for an anchor tenant to begin building on its site, the news was almost expected.

6.  His probe may have been pushed out of the media spotlight, but it is ongoing, and more news is expected.

7.  If the shareholders were expecting good news, they got it.

8.  Jaeger had been expecting the news for nearly a week.

9.  Kemp worked late into Friday evening on his radio address and some of his senior aides told journalists who are traveling with the campaign to expect news Saturday.

10.  Motorola has also told analysts to expect news soon about the long-awaited introduction of a new generation of digital cellular phones.