1.   But because of her fierce protectiveness, the presidency has triumphed over past bimbo eruptions, even made them seem suspect and irrelevant.

2.   I recall from other wax museums that guards and even fellow tourists might not be what they seem, which has made me wary.

3.   If ever there was a candidate who seemed tailor made for talk radio, it is Pat Buchanan.

4.   Japanese officials did not confirm the intervention publicly but made comments that seemed to indicate they had intervened.

5.   Jim Thome then hit a bullet toward the gap between second and first, but Joey Cora scooped it up and made the putout seem routine.

6.   Showalter paused and made managing seem simple.

7.   Stovall said she did not think the new setting proved a distraction or made the proceedings seem any less important.

8.   The Bulls, playing after a nine-day layoff, toyed with the Sonics, made them seem worthy for a stretch or two.