11.   She figured, she said, that she could blow off the first semester and get it all out of her system, then get serious the next go-round.

12.   Such a dramatic move would send a signal to Milosevic that the West was getting serious about NATO airstrikes, the administration official said.

13.   The Los Angeles Lakers getting all serious.

14.   After getting beaten on their home court by the upstart Los Angeles Lakers, the Phoenix Suns have gotten serious, too, winning five straight.

15.   But it has never got this serious.