1.   Although the economy shows signs of improving, a sense of pessimism remains.

2.   A sense of humor remains, but there is an added sense of serious musician at work as well.

3.   A sense of right remains very important to Stoppard.

4.   Even as the options expand for buying tickets, there remains a sense of mystery about the process.

5.   Even the disconcerting sense of fear remains, the nagging feeling that the late-night thunder of an exploding pipe bomb somehow changed these Games forever.

6.   For all the pride, there remains a sense of loss people of all backgrounds feel as the nation commemorates those who valiantly served to protect it.

7.   Fortunes have shifted, but the sense of humor remains, he said.

8.   It has come a long way, but there remains a sense of fragility about its fan base even yet.

9.   Michael Irvin has proven that his sense of humor remains intact.

10.   Still, a profound sense of bitterness remains.