1.  Any time there's a loss of innocent life, of civilians' being killed during the course of combat, it is regrettable.

2.  Art Miller, a photographer with a master's degree in design from KU, likes the asymmetry and being able to better see the presidents' expressions.

3.  Art, politics and being a mother get mixed up in my life and the lives of a lot of women at the end of the 20th century.

4.  Derrick wasn't happy being here and he let everybody know it.

5.  Despite it being February, 85-plus degrees in a full-tilt sun on asphalt is still hot.

6.  Despite being only 6-foot-9 and 215 pounds, he is the Mavericks' defensive intimidator and leads the team with eight blocks.

7.  Czerny has the virtue of relative calm, though his being the only performer to use a non-British accent suggests a political allegory that is surely unintentional.

8.  Despite no playoff appearances and being near the bottom in the weak Western Conference, where nine of the 13 teams have losing records, the Ducks remain undeterred.

9.  Despite Wednesday's game being the second of a back-to-back situation, the Sonics' explanation for their ineptitude on offense wasn't fatigue.

10.  Details of the sale, which is being managed by Merrill Lynch & CO. and J.P. Morgan & Co., are to be set tomorrow.