1.   Only by finding each other again can they hope to come to terms with their tragedy.

2.   They clung to the towns, venturing out only by day, their big battalions sticking to the roads.

3.   Branch won most of the middle-income, homeowner areas and precincts with large numbers of elderly people, if only by slim margins.

4.   A. Only by joint agreement between UNPROFOR and NATO.

5.   But only by a little bit.

6.   But Republicans still control the House, if only by a five-vote margin, and Bush will be president for four years.

7.   But only by an appraiser who is certified or licensed by the state and, again, can demonstrate experience in the community.

8.   But what is available only by traveling is the sense of history by proximity, of seeing how geography led to connections and then ideas.

9.   It may be typical of East St. Louis that only by hitting rock bottom is there now some sliver of hope.

10.   Of course, there is the obligatory shot in Life of water polo guys laughing it up, shielded only by their water polo balls.