11.   As a drop-in to the national political scene, I would offer this perspective.

12.   As a newcomer to the national scene, McCain is being judged on fragmentary perceptions of his record and character.

13.   As for power brokering, Kwatinetz, like Ovitz, has been active on the national political scene.

14.   As for Greenwood himself, the one-time country star has been plucked out of the fair and convention circuit to become a musical Mt. Rushmore on the national scene.

15.   As the decade comes to an end, UNLV has virtually slipped from the national scene.

16.   Bill Clinton arrived on the national scene four years ago with so many self-described soulmates that a new acronym entered the American lexicon.

17.   Both the protests and the movie come as fat discrimination emerges on the national scene as a civil rights issue.

18.   A. That would be an extremely flattering and enviable position to be in on the national scene today.

19.   Afterward, he gradually faded from the national scene.

20.   All of them faded from the national scene athletically.