1.   He employed a mediation model that eliminated the divisive win-lose element from arguments and substituted the goal of clarification.

2.   But key elements are often lost in the editing process.

3.   But whether other countries will be willing to lose elements of national control and identity is far from clear.

4.   In past years, teams have held off using a lot of their blitz packages for fear of losing the element of surprise once the regular season started.

5.   One was losing the element of surprise.

6.   Popular elements got lost in the multilayered rubric of managed competition and regional health alliances.

7.   You may lose the element of holiday surprise, but you may also avoid performing a great deal of mindless and potentially embarrasing drudgery in front of the family.

8.   An ATF agent who had infiltrated the Davidians, realizing that the secret was out, excused himself and reported that the ATF had lost the element of surprise.

9.   Ayub said that Pakistan believes the threat is reduced, not necessarily because of the testing, but because India has lost the element of surprise.

10.   But a senior government official working on terrorism issues said that police had lost the element of surprise and that raids now would be pointless.