11.   His early career was interrupted by Army service during World War II.

12.   Hyde interrupted his career as a basketball star at Georgetown University to serve in the Navy in the South Pacific during World War II.

13.   Injuries interrupted his career there, too, but winning the NCAA title his senior year and graduating with a sociology degree made it all worthwhile.

14.   Miss Qin interrupted her career as a surgeon to sell pharmaceuticals in the Shanghai area.

15.   She also credits Rhea Seddon, Kathy Thornton and other women astronauts who interrupted their careers to have children with making it possible for her to do so.

16.   Perhaps Tanja Szewczenko, also back from the depths of the sport after a mysterious virus interrupted her career.

17.   Basler, a talented but eccentric midfielder, has had his career interrupted several times by injuries.

18.   He attended acting school at the German National Theater but his career was interrupted by military service in World War II.

19.   He interrupted his career to be a soldier in World War I.

20.   His hockey career was interrupted for three years when he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.