1.   Another mere coincidence, say school officials, adding that Tarkanian was adamant about having such a watchdog on staff.

2.   It has happened too often to me to be mere coincidence.

3.   Logic suggests this can not be reduced to mere coincidence.

4.   It was mere coincidence that brought them together so far from Chicago.

5.   And if there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, well, that was mere coincidence.

6.   And could the fact that she lives next door to Bob Dole at the Watergate really be mere coincidence?

7.   And political scientists, government watchdogs and former prosecutors are divided on whether the current crop of allegations constitutes anything heavier than mere coincidence.

8.   And this is not a mere coincidence.

9.   And whether the pairing of the noncandidates was mere coincidence or plain politics, neither took any note of the other.

10.   Any resemblance to the scandals Mexicans have been reading in their daily newspapers may not be mere coincidence.