1.   Back on the other side, Cross turned serious after stepping off the stage.

2.   But Parcells was extremely serious after making the pick.

3.   But the talks recently became serious soon after the Fourth of July holiday, Gates said, when Jobs informed him that Amelio was about to be forced out.

4.   Chris Antley had a sore back but nothing serious after falling when De Vito broke down in the seventh.

5.   He was at least half serious after three defeats and a fourth looming.

6.   I think my goal was the quarterfinals and then be serious after that.

7.   The rare resignation demand was apparently introduced to show that the miners are serious after a number of short-lived strikes.

8.   He had waited to report it because he had only thought it could be serious after seeing press reports of possible terrorist attacks, police said.

9.   The UNHCR earlier this month reported that the food situation in Bihac was serious after the Serbs denied access to humanitarian convoys for a month.

10.   It will continue negotiations on compensation with families of two schoolgirls who died of poisoning this year and those who suffer serious after effects, they said.