11.   Not much longer for three-time heavyweight champion Holyfield, who has charted a fitting conclusion to a career marked by overachievement.

12.   The haul will be longer for the Clippers.

13.   The loans exploited the inability of some people to repay them by holding the checks longer for additional fees, Skillern and others said.

14.   These days, The season is longer for the Quebecois.

15.   And each drop of rain that fell made the course play all that much longer for short-hitting Corey Pavin, the defending champion.

16.   He then decided to keep playing for free a few months longer for a chance to take part in the Walker Cup.

17.   Lines were shorter than usual for strawberries and cream, longer for pizza.