1.   My grandfather had among his possessions a portrait by Matisse.

2.   The Bank has among its responsibilities the management of the monetary system and the duty to ensure that sound banking principles are observed.

3.   Among the groups having a harder time that the Atlanta Braves during the National League Championship Series are ticket scalpers.

4.   Among those who had problems were Swedish twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin, who many project as two of the top five selections.

5.   Among them they have only one goal, by Andreychuk, and that was on the power play.

6.   Among them they have eight children and no husbands.

7.   And he is a left-hander, a commodity the Mets do not have among the starters now.

8.   And the Astros have among them some of the most individual of all as they go against the norm in their batting approaches.

9.   And the network of support that the Taliban and al-Qaida had among people on both sides of the Afghan border has not simply disappeared.

10.   As such, Bashar Assad must rely on the backing of the military leaders, among whom he has little real standing.