1.   And so is the adage that those at the top make convenient targets.

2.   Arizona has been a convenient target because of several early exits and its imperious coach, Lute Olson.

3.   All too often, you are the convenient target of his well-honed scientific curiosity, an interesting diversion away from the office.

4.   Carrying their fear day and night that they or someone they love will become a convenient target.

5.   China makes a convenient target.

6.   Foreigners moving to the east for the first time made convenient targets for young people looking for someone to blame for their new unemployment and dislocation.

7.   Given all that, Tom Clingan was simply the most convenient target for a Coyne comeback.

8.   He depicted himself as a convenient target for American officials who want to use Russia as a scapegoat for their own bungled efforts to run guerrilla wars.

9.   His unpopularity among voters has made him a convenient target for Democrats, who have tried to cast every Republican candidate in the Gingrich mold.

10.   In addition, the EPA has long been a convenient target for conservative politicians, and in many states is no more popular than the Internal Revenue Service.