1.   In spite of his expressed desire to soak up atmosphere, he did not feel at home there.

2.   And for the Brooklyn-born Franco, it made sense, too, with his openly expressed desire to remain in his hometown.

3.   And my expressed desire to return to the country someday was usually met with scorn, bewilderment or genuine concern.

4.   Actress Jessica Biel, who plays Mary, last year rebelled with a sexy magazine photo spread and an expressed desire to quit the series.

5.   But most of his employees thought their clearly expressed desire to not uproot their families from the Kansas City area would count for something.

6.   Despite the expressed desires to quit, the apartment crackled with anticipation as drug paraphernalia and a foil-wrapped packet of heroin were pulled out.

7.   First Union is a big player in the banking business with an expressed desire to become a big player in the money management business.

8.   Still, the expressed desire of Bush and his top advisers to pull out of the Balkans has already created big waves here.

9.   The burial at sea stemmed in part, a Kennedy family source said, from an earlier expressed desire of the son of the former president.

10.   The blind date led to a marriage, two children ... and an expressed desire to be traded to the Angels this past winter, which the Royals accommodated.