1. He knew there wasn't one rule for deciding which clients a lawyer should try to help. It should be on a case-by-.......... basis, dependent on the merit of the situation.

2. The employees' angry reaction to the blanket fine they all received was a case in .......... for why mass punishment should not be used.

3. Everyone told him that the stock market would crash soon and that he should sell his stock. Now it had crashed, and he was broke. He should have cashed in his .......... last week.

4. Her father had cast a long .......... as head of the CIA for 20 years, and she wasn't sure anyone would believe that she could get a promotion in that organization without her father's help.

5. I don't know if the defendant committed the crime or not. His attorney cast .......... on the main witness's story once he proved that she was lying about having seen him at the crime scene.

6. He thought his son must have a .......... iron stomach when he saw him eating the spicy Thai curry.

7. Giving him that painting is like casting .......... before swine. He has no appreciation for art, Kelly's sister said to her mom.

8. Everyone waited for the vote .......... to see what would happen. The board members couldn't get a majority on either side of the issue, so they had to call in the CEO to break the tie.

9. He tried to .......... his mind back to the day when his wife was killed, but he couldn't conjure up any details that would help the police.

10. I'm not sure what market would want to buy our product, so I'm going to cast my .......... widely and hope for some takers, Murphy said.