1.   Reality has a way of falling short of the ideal.

2.   As its use in coverage of the Simpson trial demonstrates, Quicktime VR is proof that virtual reality has uses outside of the video arcade.

3.   A dandier reality would have the Los Angeles Lakers awaken to the rewards of unselfish basketball under Coach Phil Jackson and tame the Spurs for Western Conference supremacy.

4.   But certain realities might have to change.

5.   But it seems that manufactured reality still has bite.

6.   But reality has a way of rearing its head.

7.   But reality has a way of bringing down this fever.

8.   But such post-revolutionary social realities often had little relation to practicalities.

9.   But reality has a way of intruding on even the most pleasant of perspectives.

10.   But reality has a way of smashing dreams.