1.   Their lives had been oddly similar.

2.   A few days earlier an oddly similar scene played out at the small and sweaty Mercury Lounge on the Lower East Side.

3.   Does what we know about Linda Tripp and her oddly similar behind-the-scenes roles in the Willey and Monica Lewinsky affairs give us confidence?

4.   For all the stark contrasts in their ideas, Ms. Wittig and Hinchey have oddly similar backgrounds.

5.   The name is called, and in a scene oddly similar to the crowning of Miss America, pandemonium breaks out.

6.   While the WB has gotten criticism for its narrowcasting, presenters UPN and Fox seem oddly similar.