1.  Despite the dominance of the Lakers, and to a lesser degree, Portland, Elliott thinks the Spurs can repeat as champions.

2.  Ethnic cleansing was carried out in retaliation by Croats and Bosnian Muslims, though to a far lesser degree.

3.  Expansion has killed the NBA to a certain degree, and there aren't enough good players to go around.

4.  Fashion to a certain degree is a roller coaster, and I've held a steady course."

5.  He was 25 at the time, and he was strangely shy, a quality that to a lesser degree still persists in him.

6.  He's still shy to a certain degree, but he's no longer timid.

7.  He was recruited hard by Kansas, Pittsburgh and Florida State, and to a lesser degree, by Arizona.

8.  I agree with Dave to a certain degree that Vitali has to prove himself again.

9.  I just think you have to contain him to a certain degree, and he's going to get his yards and make his play.

10.  I would say that to a certain degree they are also about memory and the past.