11.  Any units doing anything else _ and thus not preparing for that worst case _ can run afoul of the system's subjective but merciless readiness classifications.

12.  Anyone in Seventh Heaven is thus in a state of bliss.

13.  As a historical sidelight, he thus became the only man who managed both Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams.

14.  Cutting Social Security benefits would thus not actually address the underlying deficit problem -- it would just produce a larger surplus to help mask the problem.

15.  Cutting these funds is thus an especially cruel gesture.

16.  Cutting these hyperbolic moments of mayhem, Stone maintains, had the effect of making the violence seem more realistic and thus more offensive.

17.  Democrats can vote for Republicans in South Carolina's open primary, and could thus be a target of opportunity for Buchanan.

18.  Democrats had pushed for measures to prevent housing agencies from separating working families from the very poor, and thus fostering racial as well as economic segregation.

19.  Despite the promise of its title, "Gone for Good" thus keeps its options open.

20.  Despite the story's underlying wholesomeness, it thus has an excuse to work lap dancers into the plot.