1.   And if marijuana users are derided by drug critics as laid-back and apathetic, the frenetic energy that many are bringing to the cause belies that image.

2.   Cook approached the Syracuse locker room, and with a humility that belies the image of young spoiled athletes, graciously stood at the entrance.

3.   Even a close look at the U.S. aid picture shows a strength that belies the image of Uncle Sam as penny pincher.

4.   Experts say the closing of the gap in high school graduation rates between blacks and whites belies popular images of hopelessness and despair in inner-city schools.

5.   His boyish looks and somewhat eccentric manners belie his image as a lyricist who manages to inject much feeling into the many Cantonese love songs he writes.

6.   His exuberance belies his image among the young Dodgers who have played for him as a fiery but controlled competitor.

7.   In recent weeks, they have portrayed him as one of the most powerful members of a crime group, but this belies the image held by many.

8.   Television footage, and local reports, of intense aerial assaults belied the image of a quick surgical strike, however.

9.   This new mentality belies the image that nothing has changed in Northern Ireland, an image dramatically reinforced last Monday when the IRA bombed the British army headquarters here.

10.   His career belied the image of the impoverished southern state from which he hailed.