1.   Annie Lennox would rather not appear in public these days.

2.   Authentically restored to its original appearance, Mount Vernon is open to the public every day and close to a million people visit each year.

3.   Crime -- and what is not being done to fight it -- is what preoccupies the public these days.

4.   Her reputation naturally makes it difficult to find suitable corporate employment or any job dealing with the public these days.

5.   Opening official doings to the public these days means opening them to television.

6.   The ailing former president rarely appears in public these days.

7.   The lipstick and the colorful tailored jackets she wears in public these days are concessions to politics, not vanity.

8.   They will be open to the public all day, seven days a week.

9.   The airport would be closed to the public that day.