1.   Ms. Schaja believed it confirmed perceptions of a strong labor market.

2.   Ojala confirmed my perception that reading and feeling the river is far more important than strength.

3.   Sadly enough, the latest data from the Department of Health and Human Services confirms the perception that welfare is no longer a temporary assistance program.

4.   The numbers confirm the perception that Congress has shifted far to the right and that members are increasingly polarized.

5.   The statistics seem to confirm those perceptions.

6.   To confirm his perception, Shapiro asked Reich to speak with Levine and get to know him.

7.   A government report on the home market confirmed perceptions about the economy and generated little reaction.

8.   The new regulations seem to confirm perceptions that the government questions the loyalties of some retired officials.

9.   The papers confirm popular perceptions that Li Peng, then the hard-line premier and now chairman of the legislature, argued for the crackdown.

10.   Those statistics seemed to confirm perceptions of a soft landing for the economy.