1.   In the beginning, before construction began, a high dam was out of the question.

2.   Nearly three years after work had begun, the dam was still a figment of the imagination.

3.   Although the Sardar Sarovar dam is only partly complete, the rise in water level caused by the forthcoming monsoon rains is expected to drown at least four villages.

4.   The daughter of Lyphard, whose dam was a top American filly, won the Group Two Nassau Stakes here in July.

5.   And he was by an unknown sire, Compliance, and the dam was Broadway Joan.

6.   And most large dams are in good shape or scheduled for improvements.

7.   Awesome Again was bred in Ontario and his dam is by Blushing Groom, while Touch Gold was bred in Kentucky and his dam is by Buckpasser.

8.   Blankenship, the farmer, figures the Snake River dams would be just the first to go.

9.   A dam is not always concrete, but it is never abstract.