1.   But even the wild-card spot does not seem to be beckoning to the Athletics this year.

2.   Even the few bright spots seem to have their moments when they flare out.

3.   Sign with MCI, the spot seemed to promise, and you too can throw movie-star hissy fits on national television.

4.   Sometimes, these spots seem to be memorials to wartime propaganda as much to the war itself.

5.   The five-minute spot seemed endless.

6.   The one natural landing spot would seem to be Indiana.

7.   The television spots may seem abstruse to some viewers, but not to Cerf.

8.   We wanted to run him here even though the spot seemed imposing with a lot of big horses in here.

9.   Even a starting spot seems within reach.

10.   The top spot seems reserved for Michael Weiss, the runner-up the last two years to Todd Eldredge.