1.   Nevertheless all the voyages are established on the basis of common assumptions and can easily be compared.

2.   It rested on common assumptions, common beliefs, common forms of action.

3.   But by far the most powerful link connecting the two approaches was the common assumption of economic rationality.

4.   Both seemed startled when Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., attacked their common assumption that parties should be strong.

5.   A common assumption is that people who are fat cannot possibly be fit.

6.   A common assumption among pet owners is that the primary cause of fear is abuse.

7.   Contrary to another common assumption, Wall Street would not be getting a windfall under a plan like ours.

8.   Contrary to common assumptions, such emotional symptoms are not necessarily more prevalent in people with HIV.

9.   Even the common assumption that the present is a period of warp speed technological change is open to question.

10.   Forecasts of output, inflation and unemployment are generally similar because they are based on common assumptions about what drives the economy and how government policy makers will respond.