51.   In fact, organized labor in this country is but a shadow of its former self, both in terms of membership and political clout.

52.   It was last Tuesday, the first day into southern France, that it became obvious Indurain was not his former self.

53.   It is impossible to restore the Soviet Union to its former self.

54.   Judd moved into a small house and began buying up commercial properties that he would strip to the bone, rendering them lovely skeletal visions of their former selves.

55.   Last year Sampras, hobbled by injuries, was a figment of his former self and fell in the fourth round.

56.   Kendall Square, with its brick high-rises and cleverly rehabilitated factory buildings, may look palatial compared with its sludgy former self.

57.   Meanwhile, Adrienne Vittadini resigned this month from her company, which had become a shadow of its former self.

58.   Most people from outside New York, and many who live here as well, assume Coney Island is a burned-out shell of its former self.

59.   Most significantly, the Cowboys are neither dead, nor stuck in Folsom Prison, nor a stumbling, bumbling shadow of their former proficient selves.

60.   Ms. Gross says Mirabella will not simply be a carbon copy of its former self, but she is certainly trying to recapture its original vision.