11.   A proposed trade with the Boston Red Sox involving center fielder Carl Everett is still alive, although it may have hit a snag Monday.

12.   Also hitting a snag the first two games against Arizona was shortstop David Eckstein , hitless in eight at-bats.

13.   But analysts say that if New York should suddenly hit new snags, Japanese shares could prove an attractive alternative.

14.   But both plans hit a snag.

15.   But even with a good prototype, they continued to hit snags.

16.   But his all-out assault on the PGA Tour appears to have hit a few snags.

17.   But in the succeeding years, attempts to go beyond the Standard Model hit one snag after another.

18.   But lately, he has hit some snags.

19.   But negotiations between NSI and the government apparently hit a snag over how NSI will share information from its database with new competitors.

20.   But just as it appeared the Jets were making last year a distant memory, they hit a snag.