1.   It was still early and the bar seemed strange without voices and laughter and the clink of ice in tall glasses.

2.   The bar seemed ominously quiet.

3.   The bars seemed like candles attracting moths from the dark.

4.   But in Seattle, the bar seems to be a little higher.

5.   Kevin Johnson said the bar of respect seems to have been lowered.

6.   On most flights, the rolling bar never seems to get rolling until the dinner-dispensing team is well on its way toward the back of the plane.

7.   Once again, the bar seems to have risen higher.

8.   Theme bars seem to have sprung up almost overnight, with names like The Thunderbird Cafe, The Wall Street Cafe and The Allsports Cafe.