1.   Americans have had something of a charmed existence in the past half century.

2.   INDUSTRIAL GIANT BACKS YELTSIN Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, has had a charmed existence under the government of President Boris Yeltsin.

3.   It led a charmed existence.

4.   It will be if the Lakers play with the kind of charmed existence they had Sunday, particularly in the closing seconds of the first half.

5.   Maybe Hunsicker, who has led a charmed existence as a horse trader, timed another one perfectly.

6.   On the surface, he still lives a charmed existence.

7.   Until recently, StarMedia had seemed to lead a charmed existence.

8.   However, despite the lavish birthright, Avaya is being cast into rough circumstances that could mean an inauspicious start rather than a charmed existence.

9.   The man leads a charmed existence.

10.   This week, his principal rival, trainer D. Wayne Lukas, decided to needle Baffert about leading a charmed existence.