51.   The issue, Danner said, is deeply serious in some ways and sublimely ridiculous in others.

52.   The NBA demigods got very serious in the second half.

53.   The opera-goers were quiet and serious in the subway.

54.   The problem appears more serious in St. Louis, where enrollment lags behind Kansas City levels.

55.   The trouble is particularly serious in Kansas.

56.   Their dad visited Nicosia and asked if he was serious in giving the car to the youngsters.

57.   They were deadly serious in the corner of this East Side bar.

58.   Wainwright has long balanced the humorous and the serious in his music.

59.   Who said opera divas must be zaftig in shape and deadly serious in mood?

60.   Would he be serious in the classroom?