1.   And, in a great irony, Hampton said Houston still is a possibility.

2.   Fleet and BankBoston, once bitter rivals, see great irony in all the hoopla.

3.   Last laughs and great irony aside, Laettner will have to be monitored closely, both on the floor and in the area known as goodwill toward teammates.

4.   So there was great irony in the defenders of the proletariat criticizing somebody who was issued from its lowest rungs.

5.   The effort to disparage the report and its author bears all the hallmarks of great British irony.

6.   The great irony is that the purpose of our sanctions was to convince the Cubans to overthrow Castro.

7.   The great irony is that there is no mystery about the components of reform and considerable consensus about ideas that can make a difference.

8.   The great irony, of course, is that they are the prevailing culture.

9.   The great irony, of course, was that while the series was playing, it was all the baseball we had.

10.   The great irony of trust is that in order to rebuild it, one must take risks with the very person who broke it.