1.   James Brennan, a Democratic state assemblyman from Brooklyn, pondered the idea for a split second, then dismissed it as too profoundly wacky to merit further consideration.

2.   Last week, Fasani went to coach Tyrone Willingham and asked if he could play defense, and Willingham told him he already had been pondering the idea.

3.   Kuralt is retired from TV now, and Leverton ponders the idea.

4.   Mourning, his ailing left foot plopped on a table, pondered the idea of playing alongside Barkley for a moment and decided he would have liked it.

5.   Perhaps all designers should be forced to ponder ideas for as long before executing them.

6.   Paxton pondered the idea carefully.

7.   The point of Perry Street, she said, is to provide her with enough peace to ponder ideas.

8.   These ideas were pondered during a session of the Advanced Choreolab, directed by Martha Myers, dean of the American Dance Festival.

9.   Church leaders have pondered the idea of agreeing on a single date for Easter for decades.