1.   Analysts said the final outcome appears too close to call.

2.   A Democratic sweep of the presidency and the Congress might unnerve the markets, but such an outcome appears unlikely.

3.   Q. What outcome appears likely?

4.   That outcome appears likely to reignite the battle between the Bush administration and Gov. Gray Davis of California on the usefulness of price caps.

5.   The City Opera may well have a hit on its hands, as inexplicable as such an outcome might appear to one viewer.

6.   The outcome still appears to be in doubt.

7.   The outcome appears to be devastating, experts say.

8.   The possible outcomes appear to be boundless.

9.   The outcome appeared to show the limits of negative advertising.

10.   The outcome appears to support that.