1.   Perhaps if people had spoken up, taken a strong stand, history would tell a different story.

2.   Especially important are records that will allow us to give life to the many stories history can tell.

3.   And history tells us that presidents sent to the White House after narrow, disputed victories often have touble getting their programs through and establishing strong legacies.

4.   And it does nothing, history tells us, to cure a championship flu.

5.   And the manager, not-so-distant history tells us, would have been right there at the coals, dispensing the gasoline.

6.   As history tells us, gasoline prices killed the dinosaurs.

7.   As history tells us, Peking was spared when the general commanding the Nationalist troops surrendered to the Communists.

8.   At Jones Stadium, however, history tells us that the Frogs have seldom been able to make the best of things.

9.   Besides, history tells us that baseball owners will never stop spending money.

10.   But as history tells us, this is the time of year when NHL teams habitually begin to think defense.