111.   A president who is serious about expanding treatment could reduce the toll of this scourge, whoever his top drug aide is.

112.   A lot of people your age are just starting to get serious about retirement saving, and few have savings targets as high as yours.

113.   A narrower deficit would signal to investors that the government is serious about economic reform.

114.   A source familiar with the matter said Mulally was serious about the offer and that Condit spent an intense weekend persuading Mulally to stay.

115.   A spotlight on campaign abuses will help only if outsiders are serious about defending democracy.

116.   A place where folks bring cell-phones to the beach is not serious about summer.

117.   A senior Japanese government official said Friday that the new coalition government of Tomiichi Murayama is serious about striking a deal.

118.   A tall distinguished man who was extremely serious about the law, he was still quick to laugh.

119.   A Vietnamese-American priest who ministers to the Vietnamese here, the Rev. Joseph Trong, says many of them are serious about killing themselves.

120.   A virtual information blackout about the Washington investigation led to rising skepticism that the department was really serious about getting to the bottom of the latest scandal.