1.  Although his visitor has brought an English translator, Zhu has his own, and the two translators keep interrupting each other over the precise interpretation of his answers.

2.  Any rain short of the El Nino-induced floods of 1998 would bring welcome relief to parched Los Angeles and its Southern California neighbors.

3.  Defensive tackle Keith Hamilton frantically patted down his clothing to see if he had mistakenly brought in a live phone.

4.  Defensively, new coordinator Phil Bennett has brought with him a more aggressive and attacking scheme that will be predicated on speed and quickness.

5.  Dennis Erickson understands he must expand his horizons and bring in "fresh ideas."

6.  Dennis Hastert, the House speaker, has given no indication that he intends to bring the bill before the full House for a vote soon.

7.  Denver did a nice job of bringing pressure up the middle.

8.  DEFLECTING SECRETS An unspoken rule of hearing a secret is that it's the secret teller's prerogative to bring it up again, not yours.

9.  Cuban officials obviously knew that an attack on American-based civilian aircraft would bring about yet another crisis with the United States.

10.  Cubans will mark the 40th anniversary of the revolution which brought Fidel Castro to power on January 1, 1999.