1.  Any pianist with a minimum of curiosity knows firsthand the Piano Variations from 1936.

2.  Any player who has a brain knows that salaries have gone up on a regular basis."

3.  Dennis Eckersley, for one, knows about the immutable laws of diminished expectations back home.

4.  Dennis Pursley, the national team director of U.S. swimming, has known Cheng Yun-Peng, China's national technical director of swimming, since 1983.

5.  Dent knows the New England mind.

6.  Dentists will know how to turn on long-dormant genes and prompt patients to fix their own cavities or grow their own replacement teeth.

7.  Denton knows how to argue with people without offending them.

8.  Definitions range from clumsy to awkward to insincere, and anyone who's ever received a left-handed compliment knows how dubious that can be.

9.  Defoe is best known for having written the kid-friendly classic "Robinson Crusoe."

10.  Cuban-Americans now know their political strength and its limits.