1.   Beginning with the famous opening clarinet glissando, which Ellington reassigned to baritone sax, every element takes on a new identity.

2.   But as night falls, a sinister element takes over, taunting the security forces on the other side of the barbed wire.

3.   Criminal elements may take more than a passing interest in the identities of these officers.

4.   The ceremonial elements took a back seat to day-long briefings on the military and economic strategies under way as NATO keeps building pressure on Milosevic.

5.   The styles mesh well, with each element taking melodic and rhythmic cues from the other.

6.   This time the main Islamic party has been banned and far more extremist elements have taken up the gun, the bomb and the throat-slitting knife.

7.   To throw that in the element would take away from the skill and finesse we see out there.

8.   The elements took their toll on Colbert and Buzz Thomas, who began the round a shot behind but quickly got into trouble.