51.   Daniels was elegant in a Gounod song, but his efforts to sound laid-back in an Alec Wilder tune emerged as dainty.

52.   Dissonances are carefully prepared and approached, and each separate voice part is written to exploit the range in which it sounds best.

53.   Embassy personnel gathered as Marine guards lowered the flag and a bugle sounded in the background.

54.   Following the win, the difference of opinion between Iverson and coach Larry Brown that simmered over the last few days sounded in retrospect more like a motivational ploy.

55.   Former Sen. Bill Bradley, who early in his campaign sounded lofty in sound bites, has seemed far wittier and more engaging up close.

56.   He also sounded in serious need of cash.

57.   He sounded in a panic.

58.   He sounded in shock, just like he had left the Bengals.

59.   He taught them tennis on the public courts around Compton, Calif., where, legend has it, gunfire sounded in the distance as they played.

60.   He sounds in the next several paragraphs like an exasperated parent disciplining an irresponsible son.