1.  Any plan's first obstacle might well lie with the growers themselves, embittered by years of fumigation and confrontation with government authorities.

2.  Any proceeds from the game will go not to the Castro government, but to fund sports activities, mostly among Cuban youth.

3.  Deputy finance minister Manuel Conthe said Spain's inflation rate could end the year below the government's 3.5 percent target for 1996.

4.  Deputy INS general counsel Dea Carpenter said the government lawyers are spread too thin.

5.  Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott called on the Japanese government Wednesday to reconsider a proposal to reduce its financial support for U.S. troops stationed in Japan.

6.  Deputy Solicitor General Paul D. Clement, arguing for the federal government on the maritime commission's behalf, was not spared the justices' skeptical questioning.

7.  Denmark, like other governments, sought to encourage the development of alternative energy sources, including wind power, by offering subsidies.

8.  Denney retired from the police department on Nov. 1, 1993, after 32 years, but continued to influence city government.

9.  Dennis O'Toole, the company's hard-charging vice president for government affairs, could smell victory and, presumably, a handsome bonus.

10.  Dennis said he opposed the measure but believed that the County Council should not interfere with the will of the elected village government.