11.   The easiest route is to take out more money at each stop, in effect spreading the fee over more dollars.

12.   With all due respect to Florida and Penn State, the team with the easiest route to the national championship is Nebraska.

13.   In Group C, eight-time European champion Real Madrid seemed to get the easiest route, placed with FC Porto, Greek side Panathinaikos and Sparta Prague.

14.   Marriage to a U.S. citizen is often the easiest route.

15.   Given the balance of football power these days, that would ensure Australia, more than likely, would have the easiest route into the finals of any confederation.

16.   The easiest route out of Kinshasa is across the Congo River to Brazzaville, where the US assessment team has set up shop.