1.   One sub-humanoid keeps track of his kills by carving notches -- not in his gun but in his own forearm.

2.   So the crime bill -- even including its controversial midnight basketball provisions -- can carve a few notches out of crime.

3.   The Minutemen carved another notch in the belt last Saturday with that impressive victory over rugged Virginia Tech.

4.   Then, too, some of the backlash could be attributable to the broad sentiment that journalists are too eager to carve another notch on the gun belt.

5.   This is as automatic as carving a notch in a stick.