11.   Ben announces with startling lucidity that he has come to Vegas to drink himself to death.

12.   But at the same time they seem to have put aside the optimism with which they announced the migration accord in September.

13.   But Frost announced them with a tone of shock and horror and hammered away in separate news releases attacking the members individually.

14.   But the Fed delayed a civil action that it had planned to announce with Morgenthau.

15.   But they were hardly the first to announce themselves with grandiosity.

16.   But the sources were uncertain whether any charges would be announced with the settlement.

17.   Consequently, officials announced with pride Saturday that they had even made the current payroll on time.

18.   Customs spokesman Jim Mitchie said Monday that tentative agreements will be announced with more countries in the next few weeks.

19.   Dates for R. Kelly and Alan Parsons will be announced along with other headliners.

20.   Decisions are often announced with a grunt.