1.   It was all rather unfortunate for City, whose impressive opening minutes promised much.

2.   But perhaps the most powerful moment came in the opening minutes of the ceremony.

3.   Each team was skittish in the opening minutes, with errant passes and hurried shots all around.

4.   In the opening minutes, the Galaxy made numerous dazzling passes, verged on two or three scores and ran around, through and past the Revolution.

5.   The biggest hint came in the opening minutes of the hearing on Tuesday from committee chairman Fred Thompson of Tennessee.

6.   The most critical play came in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter.

7.   The news commandeered the opening minutes of all three network newscasts last evening, with each outlet playing it as a potentially pivotal event with unpredictable impact.

8.   The tapes seemingly contain little information and cover only the opening minutes of each session.

9.   Three times in the opening minutes, Knicks players went hard at the rim, only to be swatted into reality even harder.

10.   And in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Finland rebounded from allowing a power-play goal in the opening minutes to score seven straight and rout Germany.