1.   Also a film presents less surface area to a chemical than does particulate matter.

2.   Coaching does matter, contrary to what the mantra was around here for four years.

3.   Make no mistake, the judgment of history does matter.

4.   What does matter is the float, and how it fares in the parade.

5.   Age does matter, in a positive sense, as far as Russian World Cup star Valery Karpin is concerned.