1.   Two hours from the start and Newcastle finally releases its collective breath.

2.   And much of Springfield would hold its collective breath when the flamboyant Stewart would fight for golf titles.

3.   Back in France, her fellow citizens held their collective breath.

4.   Autumn is traditionally a time for moviegoers to catch their collective breath after the slam-bang action pictures and raucous comedies of summer.

5.   A lot of Americans are holding their collective breath.

6.   All this has leaders in the Caribbean and Central America, still reeling from the devastation wrought last year by Hurricanes Georges and Mitch, holding their collective breath.

7.   But now, the Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky., is holding its collective breath one more time.

8.   But the Sonics took a collective deep breath, denied utterly the Suns any post-up game and dared them to again beat them from afar.

9.   By the time the Suns catch their collective breath and know one another without name tags, the race could be finished.

10.   Collective breaths will be held Sunday when Larkin returns.