His counterpart at The Wiz store across the street, Mike Block, had a similar lament.

At colleges across the country, students voice a similar lament: there is no real dating scene here.

Around the country, from Milwaukee to Houston, there is a similar lament.

All have a similar lament: The authorities are disrupting a personal bond with the sea.

Bill Clinton may some day have a similar lament, not presumably about the absence of a war but about the absence of great political opportunities.

A posting on nytimes.com offered a similar lament: "They've cut to the bone to increase their bottom line.

It's a lament similar to Pittsburgh's.

Executives from stores of all stripes have similar laments.

A similar lament can be heard from the players themselves, who have no less natural talent or brawn than many schoolboys in other Texas towns where 11-man games are attended by college recruiters.

A similar lament comes from Ruth R. Wisse, a Harvard professor of Yiddish and comparative literature.