1.  Despite the acclaim, the author said, "I felt the play was pretty much misunderstood."

2.  Daughters are less than half as likely to live at home, but many are just as dependent, the authors say.

3.  Despite the uncertainty, the study's authors say, it is clear that the United States "ranks quite high in terms of its biotic diversity."

4.  Doctors and patients may need to review drug therapy in view of the new findings, health officials and the study's authors said.

5.  Doctors do not correctly diagnose about 20 percent of appendicitis cases, the authors say.

6.  Drawing on data from other sources, the authors said there was "another alarming trend _ the growing gap between CEO and worker pay."

7.  During these long hours, the author said, Hicks would describe for him, shot by shot, how the film would look.

8.  Don't believe what you hear about the 50's and 60's, the author says.

9.  Eleven of the 12 bad habits are as likely in women as men, the authors say.

10.  Epidemiologists charting sexually transmitted diseases should not assume a random mix of the population, the authors say, since choices of sexual partners are not at all random.