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

2.  Defensively, the Nets are still trying to learn the new trapping-switching system (a la Seattle) that Calipari has installed.

3.  Deputy Executive Director Zoann Attwood, who became acting director when Linares was fired, quit this month to look for a new job.

4.  Deputy Mayor Matt Middlebrook said Hahn is focused on keeping the city together and on making sure the new advisory neighborhood council system is successful.

5.  Deputy Mayor Rudy Washington, the city's representative on the empowerment zone board, declined on Wednesday to discuss Cochran's new position.

6.  Deputy Prime Minister Zhu Rongji is widely expected to succeed Li, and is likely to climb in the new party hierarchy that is to be formally announced Friday.

7.  DENISON-COLUMN (Undted) _ When a company wants to develop a new product, what does it do?

8.  Dennis Cocking, spokesman for the district, said that it will cost tens of millions of dollars to clean up the wells or drill new wells.

9.  Dennis Eckersley became the first free agent to agree to a new contract, re-signing Monday with the Oakland Athletics.

10.  Dennis F. Strigl, the chief executive of Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile, said the company would announce a new brand identity later this year.