101.   Republicans seemed sobered by the magnitude of their new responsibility, or by the thought that unbridled glee could come back to haunt them.

102.   Residents, who seem jinxed by fires and floods, rely on him for everything from trash collections to tax rulings to hope.

103.   Robert Reich, a former labor secretary in Washington, has the support of Hollywood liberals, but Massachusetts voters seem unimpressed by that.

104.   Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., said many senators seemed confused by the sudden isolation.

105.   Rob seems unfazed by the experience, but Emily is clearly upset.

106.   She hardly seemed thrilled by the honor, and neither did her coach.

107.   She seemed surprised by the intrusion but, in the kind of gesture inconceivable in the past, amiably showed the visitor around.

108.   She seemed to grow testy at their insistence, and they in turn seemed annoyed by her almost-dismissive, lecturing tone.

109.   Senate Republicans also seemed intrigued by an off-hand comment by one witness Tuesday, Charles E. Shepperson, a deputy associate administrator of the Small Business Administration.

110.   Snapping his fingers, he seemed tantalized by that possibility, but agreed it was better to have the definitive performance preserved forever on film.