1.   And in the end, it destroyed Lilco, a company where failure was long considered impossible.

2.   Craig watched him make bruschetta, too, he said, but insisted that he do it without using any olive oil, which he considered nearly impossible.

3.   His work was instrumental in making almost commonplace critical operations on the heart that had been considered impossible.

4.   Negotiating multilateral trade pacts without the authority is considered impossible.

5.   Shoreham even doomed its builder, Long Island Lighting Co., in a business where failure was long considered impossible.

6.   Some SPD officials have called for a delay in the union, or requested terms for forming a union that many consider impossible to meet.

7.   Some SPD officials have recently called for a delay in the union, or requested conditions for forming a union that many consider impossible to meet.

8.   Such a rejection by the voters is a circumstance Paterno considered impossible after the snubs the school endured as an Eastern independent.

9.   That decision clearly gnawed at Kite, who reiterated Monday that he did not consider it impossible for one man to handle both roles.

10.   Theoreticians have proved that a quantum computer, if one can be built, could solve problems now considered impossible.