21.   Pollsters offer little hope that such public appearances will reverse the widespread perception that Clinton has been ineffectual both in domestic and foreign policy.

22.   Perhaps that is because of a widespread perception that the United States won the Cold War.

23.   Scientists have expressed puzzlement at research suggesting that genes contribute relatively little to overall longevity, despite the widespread perception that longevity runs in families.

24.   Such appointments have only added to the widespread perception that neither party is much interested, beyond the rhetorical flourishes, in turning off the big-money spigot.

25.   The widespread perception has Letterman stagnating.

26.   There is a widespread perception of the growing disparity in wealth, and no one disputes that the tax cut Bush proposes would greatly benefit the very rich.

27.   There was a widespread perception that everybody knew the rules of the election beforehand.

28.   This, and a widespread perception of brattiness or arrogance on his part, deflected his rise to superstardom.

29.   Though a policy committee nominally selects all candidates, the widespread perception is that Harding IS the Liberal Party, and he does little to counter this.

30.   What these activist men try to counter, most of all, is the widespread perception that men are never beaten by women.