31.   Often told with relish, the stories seem to highlight a feeling among the expats that they live in a taboo place, lending their lives notoriety and danger.

32.   On top of that, the story seems deeply confused on its central issue.

33.   On the surface, the story seems to have little to do with the controversy surrounding affirmative action programs.

34.   Since January, no story has seemed more engrossing to American audiences, or more illustrative of American immaturity, than the saga of the president and the intern.

35.   Smith said when a story seems suspicious, on-camera reporters should check the facts themselves.

36.   Strange as these stories seem, they are always accessible.

37.   Spending all that time telling one story seemed luxurious after doing a TV series where an episode is shot in eight days.

38.   Such phony uplift only makes the sad story seem even sadder.

39.   Such stories hardly seem newsworthy anymore.

40.   Such stories seem to have deeply touched the few people they have so far reached.