11.   Governor Gloom, as he was known in Colorado, offers the nation a platform of sacrifice and a shining promise of awful truth.

12.   I had the fear that the officials might be holding back some awful truth.

13.   In our grief at premature death, we shade the awful truth.

14.   In some ways, Mrs. Dokur said, the awful truth provided some relief for the little girl.

15.   Inexorably, an awful truth is dawning.

16.   Lindeman learned the awful truth when he looked toward his friend.

17.   Suddenly aghast, he looked from the album page to me and back again, unable to believe this awful truth in his lineage.

18.   The awful truth about using Microsoft Windows is that things are never, ever as simple as they seem -- or as they should be.

19.   The awful truth is that these stories are beginning to sound alike.

20.   The awful truth.