41.   Butte has endured its share of ridicule since it began to promote the town as a national treasure, but townspeople do not seem bothered by it.

42.   By nature he seems a melancholy loner.

43.   By now they seem very old hat.

44.   By then Johnson seemed to have had enough of this challenge.

45.   By putting pressure on Rams quarterback Kurt Warner, whom they sacked six times in the earlier meeting, and who seemed flustered by the Tampa Bay pressure.

46.   Certainly, Parcells is a master of this, yet he seemed baffled by the loss.

47.   Chandler was unavailable for comment Monday, and Vick seemed stunned by the events.

48.   Connolly tries to unpeel the layers of unknowns, and quickly seems confounded by contradictory clues and messages.

49.   Depp is suitably anxious and worried, but he seems muted by a not very interesting role.

50.   Dermott Smith, who was visiting New York from St. Louis, was among those who seemed overwhelmed by the sermon.