21.   Many wine experts agree, although the message seems not to have reached restaurant patrons or dinner party hosts.

22.   Moreover, the nutrition message seemed particularly potent because research has shown that most consumers who choose to increase their milk consumption do so for health reasons.

23.   Moments after Tomjanovich made his renewed plea for unity in the face of adversity, the message did seem to have been received.

24.   Poverty degrades the poor, the message seems to say.

25.   Representatives of Eller Media Co., the biggest billboard company in the country, contend that the big signs work well even when their messages seem murky.

26.   Some transformation messages seem less than convincing.

27.   Sometimes the message seems to get through.

28.   Some messages seemed ominous.

29.   Somewhere, somehow, that message seems to be getting through.

30.   That message seems to be aimed at Japan in particular.