11.   The last of those beliefs was intact until a few years ago, when my illusion was shattered by a conversation with an actual point-spread maker.

12.   The latter are all too obviously hydraulics or computer-generated imagery, shattering the illusion that you are witnessing any sort of supernatural phenomenon.

13.   The tragedy of Bosnia haunts the European psyche because it shatters the illusion of a Continent moving toward peaceful union and economic prosperity under an American security blanket.

14.   Their illusions are shattered, their secrets uncovered.

15.   This may shatter illusions but it can salvage lost causes.

16.   Both shattered American illusions of invulnerability.

17.   But at a news conference, Savimbi shattered any illusions of an easy transition to a lasting settlement.

18.   But at a news conference Wednesday, Savimbi shattered illusions of an easy transition to a lasting settlement.

19.   It began in the summer with a spate of profit warnings from top names like Intel and Nokia that shattered the illusion of unrelenting growth for technology companies.

20.   Reports Monday of new massacres in central Burundi shattered an illusion of calm following a bloodless coup in the tiny central African country last Thursday.