11.   For David Halberstam, the author and former Vietnam correspondent for The New York Times, the sum total of all these trends amounted to sharper, speedier coverage.

12.   Five represents the sum total of two interceptions by Simmons and one each by Haslip, McCutcheon and Grant Pearsall.

13.   One could cavil about occasional gestures, but their sum total is a revelation of character and motivation, even unexpected humor and theatrical pizzazz.

14.   Sasaki thus has received the sum total of pitching help to be supplied by the Mariners manager.

15.   Still, as amateurish and fumbling as it is in every department, the sum total of the movie is pretty darn scary.

16.   The second defines culture as the sum total of intellectual, philosophical, ethical and aesthetic achievements.

17.   The sum total of these errors nationwide surely is more than the difference between Bush and Gore in the official count.

18.   The sum total of all the cables would show praiseworthy careers and lofty awards from the U.S. Department of Defense.

19.   The sum total of all these personal decisions is less competitive politics, some analysts say.

20.   The sum total of his collegiate coaching experience had been barking directions from the back seat.