1.   But if the deeper problems go unaddressed, and if disenchantment is compounded by economic downturn, darker scenarios become imaginable.

2.   But in this dingy Amazon border town, that dreaded scenario has already become a reality.

3.   Doomsday scenarios have become a staple of the computer industry trade press.

4.   Every day that passes, however, threatens near-term profit margins for everybody, and the latter sobathon scenario becomes a more likely long-term outcome.

5.   In other words the scenario becomes even tackier.

6.   One troubling scenario has become too common, said Alan Factor, deputy director at the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging at the University of Illinois.

7.   Should the U.S. lose, it might still be alive, but the scenario becomes more complicated.

8.   That far-off scenario became markedly more imaginable last month after the spectacular debut of the cancer-fighting drug, Gleevec.

9.   That far-off scenario became markedly more imaginable last month after the debut of the cancer-fighting drug Gleevec.

10.   The entire Jackson scenario could become a major distraction for the Bulls.