1.   After more than two Decades on the national scene, the methodical Gore is a seasoned politician.

2.   And that basic insight leads us to why the national political scene is so totally screwed up.

3.   Coal no longer dominated the national economic scene.

4.   They have to handle quite parochial comparisons without enjoying much sense of how they stand in the national scene.

5.   Although they long ago fell off the national scene, the Toadies never really dropped out of sight locally.

6.   And in the national scene of being in the tournament because everyone knows who Arizona is.

7.   And who is Rap Sheet covering, and who is likely to burst onto the national scene?

8.   Another great Brazilian club, Fluminense, has fallen to the third division and is on the brink of virtually disappearing from the national scene.

9.   And, despite producing national champion Connecticut last season, the Big East Conference has dropped a peg or two on the national scene.