1.   Although the name Savoy later developed out of Sapaudia, the area in question seems to have lain to the north of Geneva.

2.   Although the space is small and storage at a premium, the living area seems expansive.

3.   Among other things, the long-secluded area seemed to show me how old London met the new.

4.   But at least in this area there seems to have been a shift, perhaps to an extreme.

5.   Certain areas might not seem to be the first choice of New York civic boosters.

6.   Four months after the fire, the area still seems contaminated by despair.

7.   In an era of ski country megamergers, some smaller ski areas seem to be bucking the trend toward bigness-or-bust.

8.   In an era in which medium-sized ski areas seem under threat and in retreat from the megas, Ragged Mountain is going in the opposite direction.

9.   In Times Square, on what is normally one of the most heavily trafficked days of the week, the area seemed desolate.