1.   Although his paintings resemble ocean scenes in Hawaii, he gathers the light while standing in his backyard in north Scottsdale.

2.   And the city center, which once resembled a scene from a war, is brimming with shoppers.

3.   But for the luck of geography, this futuristic technology park could have resembled a scene from the most expensive disaster movie ever made.

4.   So what if the final moment at the stage resembled a scene out of Hollywood?

5.   The Amish community, nestled in the foothills with dirt roads winding through pastures, resembles a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting.

6.   The historic port city Thursday resembled a scene out of a medieval siege.

7.   The kind of brawl that occurred at Yankee Stadium resembled a scene that used to be common on NHL ice.

8.   The somber chambers of the New York City Board of Education resembled a scene from a piggy bank heist Saturday.