101.   The rate of change is so rapid, and has been for so many years now, that the idea of conservation seems almost futile.

102.   The set-point idea seems to make sense of longstanding data on happiness that have puzzled researchers.

103.   The Sunday school class idea seemed to be a good way to address common issues.

104.   The thematic ideas seemed not interesting enough to warrant all the air-space in this ruminative piece.

105.   The very idea seems absurd, quaint.

106.   There are times, in fact, when the marketing ideas seem to eclipse the musical ones.

107.   This idea at first glance seems, well, a bit loopy.

108.   This idea may seem strange, but give it time.

109.   Though the idea may seem improbable in the tense climate that now prevails, it should not be dismissed.

110.   Today, when gigabytes of movie trailers, Napster files and e-mail messages course through the same wires as telephone calls, the idea seems almost elemental.