11.   And two weeks of grueling back-room decision-making that could alter the course of the franchise for the next few seasons.

12.   And this time each encounter is somehow different, just different enough to alter the course of fate in playfully profound ways.

13.   As chairman of the Federal Reserve, he can alter the course of the economy by moving interest rates up and down.

14.   A treatment has been identified to alter the course of multiple sclerosis.

15.   But after hearing MacManus, I have started to worry that I may have altered the course of history for the worse.

16.   But rather than alter the course, Holmgren stayed the course.

17.   But the family altered its course last week after a visit to Compton.

18.   But the Mets turned out to be too mediocre to alter the course of October events.

19.   Civilian casualties, however, have altered the course of other major U.S. military operations.