11.   The vision seemed nearly fulfilled when, unlike other IDG properties, the Standard brought in venture capitalists as outside investors and geared up for an initial public offering.

12.   This selective vision does not seem to trouble translators Margaret Winchell and Gerald Mikkelson, both of the University of Kansas.

13.   This vision seems as appropriate today as it was on the eve of World War II, when the film was made.

14.   Three years ago such a vision seemed far-fetched.

15.   From others, such visions might seem as unlikely as the palaces his hands form as he speaks.

16.   These visions seem like nightmares to traditionalists who revere St. Petersburg as the architectural and cultural jewel of Russia.

17.   Vision seems to be lacking in the face of a crisis that could have all kinds of ramifications globally.