1.   And it more than likely will begin on a down note, testing their developing maturity.

2.   Bonds started the day on a down note, tracking a sell off in U.S. Treasuries after a report U.S. new home sales jumped in May.

3.   But if this was the end, Nicklaus would bow out on a down note.

4.   But on a down note, Grubin, one of the best guards in the league last year at Los Angeles, injured her ankle in the preseason.

5.   Eric Hamilton, senior fixed-income analyst at Technical Data in Boston, said that dollar weakness influenced the Treasury market to open on a down note.

6.   If it was, the Rangers ended on a down note.

7.   Kansas heads to Missouri tonight on as much of a down note as is possible this season.

8.   Maybe their school of choice finishes the year on a down note or even fires the coaching staff.

9.   The fact that it ended on a down note was of no concern to Piniella, who was outwardly chagrined at postgame questioning that dwelled on the negative.

10.   The only down note for Ventura was his seventh-inning throwing error, while trying for a double play after he had snagged a line drive.