1.  Although Homer has been given his own mania, his obsession with narrative, he is basically Langley's straight man.

2.  Any sort of peace effort is aborted, basically by policies of the United States.

3.  As a coach, you're the CEO of that team, basically.

4.  Defensive line coaches Bill McPherson and Tommy Hart basically discovered Haley when Walsh assigned them to find a pass-rusher to replace Fred Dean.

5.  Denver had been moving in that direction the last couple years anyway, but now Shanahan is installing basically the same playbook he used with the 49ers.

6.  Designed to represent the essence of First Years, the parenting guide is basically an ad wrapped in useful information.

7.  Desmond Howard's electrifying 99-yard kickoff return blunted that little incursion, and Bledsoe basically spent the rest of his time putting the ball up for grabs.

8.  Cunningham: I'll tell you something about watching Alice all these years is that from the early days she was basically shy and hesitant about expressing herself.

9.  Depwe said the ship is basically sound.

10.  Delta Airlines and USAir have since basically matched Valuejet's fares in competing markets.