11.   Most of the reporters lobbed softball questions, politely waiting their turns and addressing the men by their last names.

12.   Other Democrats lobbed softball questions at administration witnesses, but Lieberman asked tough questions and tried to position himself as objective and above the fray.

13.   Quann, standing nearby, was the one fielding softball questions rapid-fire as if she were inside a batting cage.

14.   The Republican Convention features real interviewers tossing softball questions at professional spinmeisters who are paid shills for the product.

15.   They toss out a few softball questions, then wish the couple well without a hint of reluctance to help bankroll the project.

16.   They toss the girls the softball questions and look to the boys for more analytical responses.

17.   To these built-in problems, the broadcasts have sometimes added by tossing softball questions or leaving obvious ones unasked.

18.   Tossing softball questions, neither one gets her intriguing guests to say anything worth repeating, yet the interviews are loaded with information in spite of themselves.