The concern, in simple terms, is this: Big mergers in the computer industry never seem to work.

A merger would seem to make sense, but will it happen?

Such mergers have already taken place on a smaller scale, and more seem likely.

A merger seemed to be a promising way out of a difficult situation.

The merger seems to confirm that the publicly held but publicity-shy Mickelberry is still committed to advertising.

And yet, for all the profit and promise that mergers seem to hold, the truth about companies combining their operations is a darker one.

Even though the merger seems like a bad idea to some, it could be a positive for one sport in particular.

The complete merger seems to have happened only in Kerala and Karnataka.

Such mergers seem to pass the logic of a high-school economics course.

Only in the last year of Mr. Ross's life did the uneasy merger seem to be working more smoothly.