1.  Any self-respecting, late-night diner has been to Florent at least once.

2.  Defensively, a unit once considered one of the best in the AFC has some work to do before it regains that status.

3.  Denny McLain once dumped a bucket of ice water on a reporter.

4.  Denny's, the restaurant chain, is the main holding of a company now called Flagstar and once known as TW Holdings.

5.  Denver newspapers have suggested he has been reacting in pique because the bureau once rejected him for a management class.

6.  Cubs, Pirates and the nation kept tense vigil while the men of McGraw downed the outclassed Braves once, twice ... and faced them yet again.

7.  Cui, the general manager of the dog farm and once an avid consumer of dog meat, said he has stopped eating dogs after working with them.

8.  Deregulation of the industry is not the concern it once was, Luftig said, as some legislative efforts have lost steam.

9.  Deguines, who once worked as a bartender at the posh Mirabelle in London, is French, of course, and so is his definition.

10.  Deion Sanders played the whole game, both ways, and didn't dance once.