1.  Although his wife is American, he prefers it here to Washington or New York.

2.  Any policy that counts on Russia's remaining in its humiliating position, following in the American wake, is doomed to defeat.

3.  Any red-blooded American can tell you that this demands to be a story about weapons.

4.  Dennis Gillings, chairman and chief executive of Quintiles, said the combined client list included the 20 biggest American and European drug makers.

5.  DeFrantz is an unabashed American -- which likely will hurt her chances amid some anti-American IOC sentiment following Salt Lake City -- and an unabashed Olympic supporter.

6.  Cuban officials, coaches and athletes are nearly as accessible as the Americans.

7.  Cuban's net worth, estimated at $1.2 billion, vaulted him to the 199th spot on "Forbes" magazine's list of richest Americans.

8.  CUBA-TOURISM _ HAVANA, Cuba _ Delightfully off-limits to most Americans, I first visited communist Cuba in 1991 simply because I wasn't supposed to.

9.  CUBA-TRAVEL-COX (Havana) _ Forbidden fruit: Americans are discovering Cuba.

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