1.  Any playoff aspirations could largely depend on how well they do on their home court, thus making a good showing in this home stand critical.

2.  Dennis Eckersley, for one, knows about the immutable laws of diminished expectations back home.

3.  Dennis Martinez went home to Nicaragua in fine style last month, traveling with Tipper Gore and six members of Congress.

4.  Dennis Scott returned to his "second home," but the rims weren't very friendly.

5.  Dennis was shot after answering a call from Flores' sister at the family's home in northwest Harris County.

6.  Dennis, who did not want his last name used, was a prosperous engineer with a loving wife and a nice home.

7.  Dent left with wife Willye and their two adopted children for some time off at their home in Tampa, Fla.

8.  Denver has won 17 straight at Mile High Stadium and have scored over 30 points a game in 13 of their past 16 home games.

9.  Denver is one of America's leading cable-television and telecommunications centers, home to TCI, a big cable television firm.

10.  Denver was home to a training base for Air Force bomber pilots and to one of the nation's largest Army hospitals.