1.   People wanted to believe it, and no practical reality came into conflict with it.

2.   And reality must come to light before anybody is forced to deal with it.

3.   And the bubble is broken, and reality comes rushing in.

4.   Against the backdrop of the omnipresent three-ring circus of this political convention, reality comes in brief flashes and snippets of conversations.

5.   But American decisions will not command support at home or respect overseas unless reality comes first.

6.   But beyond the numbers came the reality that Neuheisel addressed after the game.

7.   But then came the reality.

8.   But Tuesday, reality came in the form of a cold breeze blowing through the ever-baring trees.

9.   By the time the Legislature adjourned, reality had come close to the rhetoric.

10.   Here, again, alternate realities come into play.