1.   Faced with the stark reality of a choice between jobs or no jobs, the majority had elected to work.

2.   But the stark reality of the Highland scene described reminds me of another idyllic circumstance that went the rounds about this time.

3.   And a diminutive young missionary, stunned by the stark realities of hatred, wept quietly into her cupped hands.

4.   And, of course, there is the stark reality of dollars and cents.

5.   But children usually have to take on new responsibilities and confront stark realities.

6.   But Clinton also acknowledged the stark reality of extremists bent on violence.

7.   But now it is a stark reality across the world in Afghanistan.

8.   But the plan ignores stark economic realities, says Bob Gnaizda of Public Advocates in San Francisco.

9.   But the stark reality is that a federal court could interrupt the honeymoon and bring the powers down to earth with a thud.