1.   And that put some of the returnees in a sour mood.

2.   Arafat, by contrast, left Washington in a sour mood.

3.   As is the case around the country, pollsters say California voters are in a sour mood -- which could cost incumbents their jobs in some close races.

4.   Both sides, distrustful and apprehensive, are leaving town for their holiday break in a sour mood.

5.   A generally sour national mood and the growing rebellion against incumbency, more damaging to Democrats simply because there are more of them than there are Republicans.

6.   Adolfo Suarez, a former prime minister, believes that the sour mood of the capital is due in part to the tensions between the candidates.

7.   But some suggest his sour mood over a dismal season is holding him back more than the tender ankle.

8.   Did we mention the sour mood?

9.   Despite a sour mood among their biggest customers in the steel and power-generation industries, U.S. coal producers have been in high spirits for the last year.

10.   Few even have a good word to say for the media -- the people paid to report on the sour mood.