21.   If the story seems pure Hollywood, be assured that its execution is subtle, low-keyed and insightful.

22.   In February, travel stories always seem unusually compelling.

23.   In this year of the Titanic, the stories seem to never stop.

24.   In this case, the official story does not seem to add up.

25.   It makes an already unfocused story seem lacking in urgency and very nearly fuzzy.

26.   Italian writer-director Franco Zeffirelli creates a strong sense of time and place for this semi-autobiographical look at his childhood, yet the story seems detached.

27.   Just when the story seems to disappear before your eyes, Carter, with bustling insouciance and determined energy, cranks the show back up again.

28.   Judging from his mammoth press kit, the whole Gagnon story seems to be a veritable phenomenon.

29.   Many archeologists long complained that the Great Drought story seemed a little too pat.

30.   Mostly, however, her story seems so fresh and original that this all appears to be happening for the first time.