1.   And the Raiders showed an alarming lack of poise throughout the season.

2.   But that stat revealed an alarming lack of effort by the team.

3.   His progress will be essential at the start of the season because of an alarming lack of depth up front.

4.   On the other hand, his limited repertoire was a concern, as was his often alarming lack of control.

5.   Some abuses that the SEC is turning up in its current investigation also display an alarming lack of discipline in the soft-dollar business.

6.   They also played with an alarming lack of purpose in the crunch.

7.   What they uncovered was an alarming lack of control over small arms stockpiles in the former Soviet bloc and the brazenness of arms traffickers who control the business.

8.   The bay colt is a Preakness longshot with an alarming lack of stability.

9.   This fall, an official report noted an alarming lack of knowledge about AIDS and called for strengthening anti-AIDS programs.

10.   Pakistan strike bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis destroyed Sri Lanka in the just completed Test series, in the process exposing an alarming lack of mental toughness.