1.  Any state that refused would lose 5 percent of its federal education money.

2.  Deputy District Attorney Lauren Weis said some parents refused to cooperate with investigators, but she declined to elaborate.

3.  Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, the U.S. representative, said there had been "good talks," but refused further comment.

4.  DeNucci refused to tip his hand Thursday, but other sources said his staff has serious doubts about the T's savings estimates and the effect on service.

5.  Defiant House Republicans, pledging they would stand their ground, refused Wednesday to reopen closed federal offices as their Senate colleagues had urged.

6.  Defying the endless reports, refusing to cower indoors in fear of freezing, I ventured to the garden to see whether it was aflame in fear.

7.  Cuban officials, meanwhile, refuse to comment on their country's damaged ties with Canada.

8.  Deriding Americans for "sports socialism," Canadian mayors generally refuse to build stadiums or to give stadium owners real estate tax breaks.

9.  Denver's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf stirred up a controversy this season by refusing to stand during the playing of the anthem.

10.  Culturally Japanese, from her love of karaoke to her dislike of conflict, Kyo refuses either to hide _ or be defined by _ her Korean roots.