11.   Then, just as the noon deadline for the auction was drawing near, the screen came alive.

12.   Until the noon deadline, however, the stubborn, spirited girl is determined to play on the beach with a boy her own age.

13.   A noon deadline for the independent Baptist congregation to vacate its property passed without any sign of marshals.

14.   A noon deadline for the Indianapolis Baptist Temple to vacate its property passed without any sign of marshals.

15.   All sides are up against a Saturday noon deadline to reach a deal.

16.   As talks were continuing in Rambouillet past the noon deadline, tensions mounted here by the hour.

17.   As talks continued in Rambouillet past the noon deadline for an agreement, tensions mounted in Kosovo, the poor southern province of Serbia, a Yugoslav republic.

18.   Bargaining continued past the noon deadline by which the United Nations had hoped to have the truce agreement signed.

19.   Bargaining continued past the noon deadline ending a week-long preliminary cease-fire, when the United Nations had hoped to have the truce agreement signed.

20.   But three hours before the Saturday noon deadline, party officials were complaining in radio interviews that the credentials had not been delivered to many areas.