11.   He opened a newspaper.

12.   He opened the newspaper.

13.   Imagine waking up one morning, opening the newspaper and finding out that Dallas still had a hockey team.

14.   Indeed, it is hard to open a newspaper these days without seeing an article related to normal-accident theory.

15.   Is it safe to turn on a television or to open a newspaper without encountering another installment of Mr. Weld Goes to Washington?

16.   It was nice to open the newspapers last week and see Aretha Franklin standing next to Morton Gould.

17.   It seems that you cannot turn on the television or open a newspaper these days without some sober-eyed chief executive offering a personal act of corporate contrition.

18.   On Saturday morning, I opened my newspaper to a gruesome photo depicting an eerie collage of bodies, buildings and blood.

19.   Open the newspaper and remove the screen.

20.   Then we turn on the TV or open the newspaper and catch a glimpse of a different and terrifying reality.