11.   His remarks did not seem tailored to raise fear, or any other emotion, for that matter.

12.   His remarks seemed intended to keep attention on the long-shot Sharpton, while obscuring Ferrer and Ms. Messinger.

13.   His remarks seemed to reflect his current struggle to try to reveal more about himself in his campaign stump speech, which he did not deliver Thursday.

14.   More recently, his callous offhand remarks have seemed to condone violent assaults.

15.   Occasionally her remarks seem borrowed from the slogans on Tehran signboards.

16.   Such remarks on Monday seemed to overshadow die-hard voices of public exaltation about the Rabin assassination.

17.   The next remark seemed on point.

18.   The remarks by Ferraro seemed to put at least a temporary end to what has been a fallow period in her campaign.

19.   The remarks seemed the perfect endorsement from an objective scientist.

20.   The remarks seemed part of a deal to save him a little bit of face.