1.   Mrs Margaret Thatcher has struck three notes since the Communist world began to disintegrate.

2.   She was not happy, however, when high notes were struck.

3.   The book is written in spare prose that seems to want to strike a note of manly reticence.

4.   The name, and the music, struck a note with the local indie community and the festival began to grow.

5.   Another, slightly oppositional note is struck by the images of Lynne Cohen at P.P.O.W.

6.   A different note was struck at One Dupont Circle, a non-descript building that houses education lobbying groups.

7.   A note is struck just so and the ear scrambles to make a connection.

8.   A note is struck, a tone is caught, a theme is stated.

9.   A similar note was struck by Lisa Cullen, a strategist at Merrill Lynch.

10.   After a shaky start, his speech Friday at the National Cathedral struck the note of somber confidence that the nation was looking for.