1.   Phantom contracts were used to make the company seem more successful than it was.

2.   An on-again, off-again, six-hour repair effort by astronauts Rick Hieb, Jim Halsell and Chiaki Mukai seemed successful.

3.   And despite patchy adherence, the tactics seemed partly successful.

4.   And while CNN showed footage indicating that US special forces or CIA operatives were in the area, the coordination has seemed less successful than with the Northern Alliance.

5.   By last fall, the project seemed successful.

6.   Even white-collar prosecutions that seemed successful have been sabotaged by these problems.

7.   Overall, the policy toward Egypt and Saudi Arabia seemed successful.

8.   The bailout of Mexico, though it seems largely successful so far, has scarred the Clinton White House.

9.   The effort had seemed successful.

10.   With notable exceptions like Elizabeth Dole and Whitman, the Dole campaign has seemed less successful with its surrogates.