1.   Analysts responded to the conflicting statements with skepticism, although most believe the company will eventually be granted an increase.

2.   And his performace at Pocono has gone far in restoring in him what most believed was gone.

3.   And most believe the banks can continue to put up double-digit increases unless the Fed gets carried away with its anti-inflation campaign.

4.   And most believe there is a hell to which the damned are condemned.

5.   And most of them believe that every word of the articles is true.

6.   And most believe the fun began during a reality-check trip to San Francisco.

7.   And most believe the governor and his well-publicized marital infidelity and rocky relationship with the state Legislature and the press are better left relegated to the past.

8.   And most believe the ultimate xenodonor-of-choice will be not the baboon or another nonhuman primate, but the pig.

9.   And most believe strongly that government should help.

10.   And when it happens, most believe Cuba will become an overnight magnet for foreign investment, much of it from the U.S. and Cuban exiles.