1.   Any rise above 7 percent is considered enough to keep foreign investors from buying such Brazilian securities as equities.

2.   Any suitor for Warner-Lambert and American Home must also consider potential liabilities, such as those American Home faces regarding the diet drug fen-phen.

3.   Any team that sweeps Kentucky must be considered a threat to win the region.

4.   Dennis Borba, who lays claim to the Velcro concept, is not sentimental about fighting bulls; he considers them lucky.

5.   DENVER _ Ever since he helped revive Frontier Airlines in 1993, Samuel D. Addoms, its chief executive, has considered himself a Boeing man.

6.   Cuba, Brazil, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, Peru and the Ukraine all are considered gold-medal possibilities.

7.   Descents into Cali are considered particularly rigorous because the terrain leaves no room for mistakes.

8.   Designed by architect Arthur Brown in the French Renaissance style, City Hall is considered by many experts to be San Francisco's most beautiful structure.

9.   Depending on the nature of your crime, some places absolutely will not consider you.

10.   Depending upon the recipe, consider Italian-style flatbreads, flaky biscuits, rustic country breads, cornbread or toasted pita triangles and tortillas.