1.  Anyon said that shortly after Ms. Hall came in, she reduced the administrative staff by 600.

2.  Cuban exiles have been visiting the island and providing relatives with money and goods since shortly after the first of them reached refuge in the U.S.

3.  Derrick Coleman took umbrage, confronting Walters shortly after the article came out.

4.  Describing the book as a novel about the ways that family members hurt one another, Fiennes said it was rejected for publication shortly before her death in 1993.

5.  Despite its '96 rubric, this package will shortly be out of date.

6.  Curry had been fired shortly before and was contemplating a racial discrimination suit against the firm.

7.  CVS.com shares some of its online real estate with the Kodak Picture Center, which, it turned out, would not recognize my log-in shortly after I registered.

8.  Despite failing health, Taylor continued to perform in a blues band until shortly before his death.

9.  Cyprus Amax had put the unit up for sale shortly after the merger.

10.  Dennis Korabiak, downtown coordinator for the Redevelopment Agency, recalled the dismay he felt when walking through downtown in 1982, shortly after joining the organization.