11.   As we chattered just a few feet from the bird, it swiveled its head like a gun turret to shoot us a baleful look.

12.   Back to Columbine High School, back to raw video of students jogging from danger, hands clasped behind their heads like prisoners of war.

13.   Before he can speak, however, she stops his mouth by shoving a rose stem into it, then pats him on the head like an obedient dog.

14.   Bob Ferguson, vice president-player personnel, celebrated by waving his arms over his head like a winning prize fighter.

15.   A mop of tiny braids poked out of his head like a rag doll.

16.   A web of tendrils emerges from her head like an elaborate intravenous system.

17.   But both manage to instigate those little scholarly debates that rage inside the head like a personal arts-and-lectures series whenever a provocative idea is presented.

18.   But Ben Nelson, who can multiply large numbers in his head like a computer, said he was struggling.

19.   But he is an extremely sensitive man, and in his various states of rage, the criticism has buzzed inside his head like a horsefly in the backseat.

20.   But when the day comes to finally walk up to the podium, sweat quivers on my bald head like Jell-O.