11.   A television crew led by Geraldo Rivera shines its lights on Gary Graham, the death row inmate whose case has become a cause celebre in recent weeks.

12.   A raging head case could become a role model.

13.   But in a legal arena where art and archaeology are often at loggerheads, the case has become a cause celebre for another reason.

14.   But the case became moot last fall, before it could be argued, when North Carolina banned the execution of retarded people.

15.   But the New York case has become in some ways more politically charged.

16.   But the case becomes very complicated with witnesses at the frenzied scene telling conflicting stories of men with knives and punches thrown.

17.   By now, however, the case has become what many call one of the most embarrassing messes for the FBI in years.

18.   By last September, when it fell apart for lack of evidence on the most serious charges, the case had become a disaster for the Justice Department.

19.   By now, however, the case has become what many call one of the most embarrassing messes for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in years.

20.   Chinese authorities have frequently released jailed dissidents to the United States on medical parole as a political gesture of good will or once their cases became politically embarrassing.