1.   Twelve hours a week seemed a generous allocation of your time.

2.   Both Gore and Hillary Clinton for some time has been making some minor announcements that affect key states but this week seemed to mark a greater effort at coordination.

3.   But apparel being shown here this week seems more confusing than comforting.

4.   But each week seems to bring new developments, and there will be more exciting installments in the not-too-distant future.

5.   But each week seems to bring new hurdles for the president and his administration.

6.   But somehow the crowds all week at Longwood seemed to be pulling for Chang, who makes road-runners seem dodo birds.

7.   Chirac has had his own share of bad news as each week seems to bring a reminder of his possible links to corruption scandals.

8.   Christmas week might not seem the best time to open a movie that celebrates a millionaire pornographer as an American folk hero.

9.   Crime soared, and every other week seemed to bring a municipal strike.

10.   Each week seems to bring news of cutbacks at factories, rising gasoline prices or safety concerns that threaten to slow car sales.