11.   By now Ptain appeared to have sunk into a kind of gloom, as betrayed by a nervous tic of the right eyelid.

12.   Although ballistics tests have not been completed, authorities said the shootings appear connected by both proximity and timing.

13.   And by mid-day it appeared he had no reason to worry.

14.   And while some of the jurors Tuesday appeared stunned by the autopsy photographs, Wednesday most of them examined the evidence with dispassionate, clinical curiosity.

15.   As we reset the Great Clock, new technologies are appearing by the minute.

16.   Books covering the Wintel platform should start appearing by mid-summer, he said.

17.   A majority of justices appeared by their questions to suggest that the new law does not repeal the old law.

18.   A member of the audience asked how to make excellence, by which she appeared to mean high standards for students and teachers, compatible with equity.

19.   According to Shapiro, Sebik claimed he was only joking, and Stegall did not appear alarmed by the incident.

20.   Bradshaw shrieked, teasing him for appearing by satellite from Florida the previous two weeks, as he will for several weeks during the season.