1.   The town seems so empty in the autumn when all the holidaymakers have gone home.

2.   The whole town seems to be under the control of one family.

3.   Although that may spare the feelings of contemporary Mormons, it makes the town seem in the thrall of some bizarre, unknown cult.

4.   And both towns seem to be as much a state of mind as a setting.

5.   Besides offering a less oppressive summer climate, the walled towns seemed less crowded with tourists.

6.   Above all, it is difficult for small towns to seem like happy places when young women are fleeing for the cities and leaving the men behind.

7.   Boom towns always seem to have someone like him.

8.   But in some ways the town seems resigned to the onslaught of youth.

9.   But the town seemed hardly overwhelmed Monday.

10.   By the end of the week, the entire town seemed consumed by the battle, which was also playing out on the nightly news.