1.   An ugly reality gap afflicts Hollywood and Washington alike.

2.   And ignored ugly reality.

3.   Both Kentridge and Ms. Williamson make art that confronts ugly realities.

4.   But as I struggled to finish my education here, I also encountered the ugly realities of racial discrimination.

5.   But beneath the surface are ugly realities that reach into the lives of people who have never met Eminem and yet take his music and message seriously.

6.   But only those who are particularly well-heeled can overlook the fact that very tidy long-term statistics can hide some very ugly short-term realities.

7.   But the attempt to reunite the city has foundered on an ugly reality.

8.   But the color and beauty of these murals do not hide the ugly reality of life.

9.   But the promise of youth has turned into the ugly reality of rent-a-wrecks Marty McSorley and Joe Murphy.

10.   But ugly reality set in for the Nets at the outset of the fourth quarter, as the Portland Trail Blazers turned a tight game into a rout.