1.   And they still broke out in one massive collective sweat as they watched the lead slowly disappear into the chilly Cleveland night.

2.   Anyway, a promising early lead disappears, then a too-little, too-late comeback abruptly aborts in the final seconds.

3.   As the lead disappeared, Van Gundy went from potentially being labeled brilliant for his fourth-quarter lineup to being second-guessed.

4.   After the suicide bombings, his double-digit lead over Netanyahu disappeared.

5.   But a six-point lead on election day disappeared in what analysts later interpreted as a white backlash that built up below the radar screens.

6.   But even when his lead disappeared, he kept fighting, scratching, hoping.

7.   But the lead disappeared quickly.

8.   But then, the lead rapidly disappeared.

9.   Gore has seen an eight-point lead disappear in the past three weeks, according to Epic-MRA, a Lansing-based polling company.

10.   In the previous two games, the Nets had fallen into a shooting funk and allowed double-digit leads to disappear.