1.   And that was just the warmup act.

2.   A nice warmup act, perhaps, but certainly not The Show.

3.   A spate of Republican officials delivered the warmup acts, mostly echoing Texas Railroad Commissioner Barry Williamson.

4.   But Furman winced just a bit at the possibility that Dole might be upstaged by his warmup act.

5.   Friday at the luxurious Pointe Hilton at Squaw Peak, the NBA brought in the warmup act before getting to the headliners.

6.   Garciaparra, of course, made his Rookie of the Year season look like a warmup act.

7.   He has been left for dead two or three times this season, treated as though his performances were merely a warmup act for McGwire.

8.   I almost felt sorry for the athletes from Zimbabwe, because they had to be the warmup act.

9.   Pearl Harbor is not a warmup act for Pearl Jam, but a US Navy base in Hawaii.

10.   So I turned faithfully to ESPN in search of the warmup act.