1.   The more the Major Government is seen to be drifting and accident prone, the more people scan around for a strong helmsman.

2.   At the information center, people scanned a bulletin board for new postings identifying the dead and wounded.

3.   One, Perception Research Services Inc., of Fort Lee, N.J., began a study for IBM several years ago to map how people scanned its Web site.

4.   So many people scanned the site that it overheated and crashed.

5.   The virus proves that even in our cynical age, many people scan their e-mail expecting love notes.