41.   But since a popular social studies teacher was shot to death outside the school on Thursday, little has been normal and life here has seemed anything but kind.

42.   But then for Sister Kraus, who grew up in Philadelphia, the religious life seems to have been a foregone family conclusion.

43.   But with the first signs of spring, old Washington life seems to be returning.

44.   By reconstituting our unfocused fears of mass annihilation into evil aliens or diabolical computers the size of a two-car garage, they made life seem more manageable.

45.   But, as with the U.S. president, his personal life seems to make little difference to women voters.

46.   Combined with those truck attributes, four-wheel drive helps people feel more in control at a time when their lives seem more chaotic.

47.   Conjugating life seems routine, though it separates the strong from those who insist they are weak.

48.   Country life never seems to lose its appeal to those who spent a happy childhood experiencing it.

49.   Curiously, however, he now runs the risk of having his life seem as intriguing as his art, which can be dangerous for an artist.

50.   Daily life does not seem perilous.