111.   To date, the vacancy decontrol idea has seemed to defy compromise, with both sides publicly declaring granitelike positions for or against it.

112.   Two other ideas seem unlikely to go anywhere.

113.   While both ideas seem humane, both are products of the nanny-state mentality.

114.   With Blake gone, the idea finally seems to make sense.

115.   At first the idea seemed to work.

116.   But that idea now seems gone by the board.

117.   He added that the idea seemed to be a short cut for the aging leader to bring back financial stability.

118.   If the idea of a father coaching against his son seems awkward, consider the scene in a handful of living rooms scattered across the South last winter.

119.   In France, fresh socialist ideas seem in short supply.

120.   Like CNN for news and MTV for music, the idea seems obvious in retrospect.