1.   Narrow-gauge track over mountains appears life-threatening.

2.   Some tracks appeared as parallel scratches that might have been made by pterosaurs swimming in very shallow water, with their feet sometimes scratching along the underlying mud.

3.   The new track appears to dry faster than the bumpy old one did.

4.   The track appeared spiteful, as if it was out to get the people who had the audacity to win its biggest race with a maiden gelding.

5.   The track appears suited for them.

6.   Yet neither track appears to lead to a full realization the Dayton plan.

7.   Black said the track appeared to be moving under the weight of trains, loosening the bond between crossties, steel tie plates and spikes.

8.   Others observing the incident said the tracks left appeared to confirm that it was a missile from a shoulder-fired weapon, he said.

9.   The Israeli-Syrian peace track meanwhile also appears mired in its deepest impasse since the start of the peace process.