1.   For the State Department, the case produced Decidedly mixed emotions.

2.   Working for Steve Jobs was a Decidedly mixed blessing.

3.   And despite the appearance of a strong stock market, Massachusetts issues as a group were a decidedly mixed bag.

4.   At a U.N. meeting last month, Iraqi officials gave decidedly mixed signals.

5.   Baffert beat out Kentucky-based Pat Byrne in a decidedly mixed vote.

6.   Bay Area restaurateurs, farmers, grocers and customers are giving the guidelines a decidedly mixed reception.

7.   Books, publishers, and booksellers will crowd into a Chicago hall for a convention that has received decidedly mixed reviews.

8.   A decidedly mixed bag has resulted.

9.   A decidedly mixed one to this point.

10.   A handful of entrepreneurs have been trying, with decidedly mixed results, to close the gap.