1.   But it had cast a pall that had still not lifted.

2.   But news of a major management bloodletting, impending layoffs and a possible takeover cast a pall over the festivities.

3.   Few people were talking and the silence of night cast its pall over the city.

4.   The unrest has cast a pall over what is usually a day of national rejoicing.

5.   An injury can cast a pall over a carefully crafted, multimillion-dollar promotional campaign.

6.   And security concerns threatened to cast a pall over the millennial festivities in some mega-cities.

7.   As the conflict intensified, it cast a pall on Passover and made prayers for peace seem all the more urgent.

8.   At the same time, technology and communication stocks continue to languish in the cellar of a two-tiered market, casting a pall over Wall Street.

9.   At the Pepperell Public Works Department Sunday, the accident cast a pall over an already long workday.

10.   Baseball has not banned andro, many experts believe, because it would cast a pall on the home-run record.