CG> Changing the paragraph FORMAT of the preceding paragraph is
CG> not  acceptable, for that requires local formatting to be
CG> applied to  every paragraph preceding the occurence of a
CG> numbered list, and  we avoid local formatting as much as
CG> possible.
You're going to have to get rid of "not acceptable" and do local formatting 
to make it work.
Bob
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