1.   Sometimes there was a new seriousness, the supple posture of childhood exchanged for squared shoulders and a stiff spine.

2.   At the very least, it ought to bring new seriousness to the dialogue now under way between Taliban leaders and American Ambassador William Milam in Pakistan.

3.   A new seriousness and resolve permeated the collective psyche of Capitol Hill last week.

4.   African nations, which are the most devastated by AIDS, are demonstrating a welcome new seriousness in their approach to the disease.

5.   But now his Dido dies a moving death, slumped over a small piece of a balustrade, and his focused performance lends a new seriousness to the endeavor.

6.   Eager to demonstrate a new seriousness on missile defense, the administration moved into high gear last year.

7.   If that proves true, we have emerged from this trauma a different nation, more sober, with a new seriousness.

8.   In that regard, the new seriousness is likely to remain in place for quite a while.

9.   Less than two years later, he began writing with a new seriousness of purpose and a clearer point of identity.

10.   Rumor or fact, fantasy or reality, the fear of campus violence has taken on a new seriousness in the lives of children, parents and authorities.