11.   Although grave site visits are a normal part of American culture, cemeteries still have a macabre reputation in popular culture, Benitez said.

12.   Although he exemplified an important period in postwar American culture and produced many important shows in three media, Coe is now all but forgotten.

13.   American culture has been getting steadily more obsessed with fame and prurience.

14.   American culture is awash in sexual messages and innuendo, yet public discourse on human sexuality is mostly mumbles or giggles.

15.   American culture is both a delight and a mystery.

16.   American culture nourishes its mavericks, cherishes its young, welcomes newcomers, and dramatically opens to energy and talent rising from the bottom up.

17.   American culture was of little interest to him.

18.   American culture was on instant high alert, scrambling both to accommodate what was happening and to avoid giving offense.

19.   American culture was rife with topical terms and references that now seem hopelessly obscure.

20.   Although it is difficult to see for those immersed in American culture, he contends that there are psychiatric syndromes unique to Western industrialized societies.