1.   Among other things, the national slam is a great place to find yourself in almost surreal situations.

2.   But the biggest slam will be the general market decline in response to a worsening U.S. economy.

3.   Loud and declamatory, slams are competitions where poets shout out their work, often with a microphone in hand and their bodies in motion.

4.   Slam is an arcade sports game, not a simulation.

5.   The Salton Sea slam may not be as famous as its brethren to the north.

6.   The slam was the fifth that Giants pitching has allowed this season.

7.   There are no slams from the mean-spirited columnists and no fodder for the nitwits of sports talk radio.

8.   There were slams among teen-agers, slams between the Nuyorican poets and the cowboys and hobos, slams featuring the unlikely form of haiku.

9.   There are no slams from the mean-spirited columnists.

10.   His slam was one of five, a major league record, hit Monday.