11.   One bad trade, a season-ending injury, a humiliating loss in a playoff series, can haunt a franchise for decades.

12.   Some observers say as long as Robinson avoids a humiliating loss, he will not be harmed.

13.   Still, just four years after their humiliating loss in the polls, the Liberal Democrats are growing stronger every day.

14.   The day after a humiliating loss to Jacksonville, the Browns benched Vinny Testaverde in favor of rookie Eric Zeier.

15.   The football-generated revenue was there, and so were the humiliating losses in the Jim Lambright tenure.

16.   The Iowa contest became a make-or-break test for Gramm after his poor showing Tuesday in Louisiana, where he suffered a humiliating loss to conservative commentator Patrick Buchanan.

17.   Though Milutinovic is a coaching gypsy, he has much to prove after his experience with Nigeria in the World Cup ended with a humiliating loss to Denmark.

18.   Tony Zendejas, who butchered his only field-goal attempt in the humiliating loss to the Carolina Panthers last Sunday, appears to be on his way out.

19.   Others who got away relatively easy were those businessmen who anticipated the slowdown and who were prepared to cut losses even if it meant a humiliating loss of face.

20.   Add Northridge to the list of humiliating losses Watson has experienced during his four-year career.