1.   Almost lost amid all the offensive debate has been the defense.

2.   Almost lost amid the Soward hype, tight end Lonnie Ford has recovered faster from his ankle sprain against Stanford, and returned to practice this week.

3.   Although most residents believe the gentility and kindness will return, others worry that some of the good will may have been permanently lost amid the bitterness.

4.   And Texas lost amid the grand tableau of a new, wall-to-wall emerald playing field and a sold-out audience.

5.   And on Sunday, they lost amid a boiling controversy.

6.   Almost lost amid the frantic flow of the game was the continued disappearance of Lamond Murray.

7.   But Bird finding the competition he craved and had missed was a better one, lost amid the Jordan hysteria.

8.   But lost amid all the discussion is the economic reality that the Nasdaq represents.

9.   But what has been lost amid all the high-dudgeon indignation over what children should see is exactly what it is they actually experience at an art exhibit.

10.   Flynn knows about getting your point lost amid the muck.