1.  Any responsible CEO on the planet would do the same thing."

2.  Defensively, he remains more than competent, although he is tied for the club lead with 10 errors, same as Gold Glove second baseman Pokey Reese.

3.  Defensively, we're not close to being the same.

4.  Deputy Mayor Fran Reiter, who oversees Giuliani's meetings, said it's the same today.

5.  Dennis Engel, president of the Elway Foundation, the quarterback's charitable organization, said the same thing.

6.  Dennis Fung, the hapless criminologist, agreed with the defense that the glove found at the crime scene didn't appear to be the same one introduced into evidence.

7.  Dentists have observed older folks tend to require less Novocaine for the same results.

8.  Denver had been moving in that direction the last couple years anyway, but now Shanahan is installing basically the same playbook he used with the 49ers.

9.  Denver thought it could roll on that same path last season, even without quarterback John Elway, who retired.

10.  Cuba has just 23,000 hotel rooms _ about the same number as Madrid.