1.   As I consider the prospects of the Lakers and the Clippers this season, however, I do have to wonder if this is an entirely unmixed blessing.

2.   But choice is no unmixed blessing.

3.   However, the absence of a vigorous opposition was not an unmixed blessing.

4.   It is not an unmixed blessing to receive hundreds of e-mails a week urging this or that, praising this or that, damning this or that.

5.   Khamzan was not an unmixed blessing.

6.   This is not an unmixed blessing.

7.   A party winning an assured majority in parliament may not be an unmixed blessing.