1.   Compared with the near-despair that she had shown during their recent encounter in the church, her manner was almost jaunty.

2.   And the GM has patched things up with Vaughn to the point where the two have engaged in friendly chats in recent encounters.

3.   Because USC never threatened in the second half, the game was devoid of the big plays, massive momentum shifts and fabulous finishes that have defined recent encounters.

4.   Cook even had a recent close encounter with one chestnut-laden chipmunk in front of his car.

5.   He next asks her to describe to him in detail her most recent sexual encounter with her lesbian lover.

6.   He recalled a recent encounter with a determined young woman who had waded across the shallow river to the U.S. bank.

7.   The recent encounter in the House of Representatives between gun control and religion was, depending on your politics, well intended or set new standards for applied cynicism.

8.   They screamed at each other in one recent encounter.

9.   New Zealand lived up to its promise not to be intimidated by Australia, which has dominated the recent encounters between them.

10.   New Zealand lived up to its pre-match promise, refusing to be intimidated by its strong neighbors who have dominated the recent encounters between the two countries.