11.   But after lawmakers pass the budget bill and put every nickel possible on education, then what?

12.   But others muttered to one another about the threat to environmental laws passed after the first Earth Day, as some politicians in Washington have questioned their economic cost.

13.   But officials said that the Iraqis balked at language demanding that they fulfill U.N. resolutions passed after the Persian Gulf War.

14.   During the Nixon administration, cigarettes and ashtrays were on the tables, cigars were passed after dinner with liqueurs.

15.   In some towns, including Bhuj, two or three days passed after the quake before anything like an organized rescue effort was undertaken.

16.   Initially the United States was reluctant to set a target date for the expansion of the trade agreement, which was narrowly passed after a long battle in Congress.

17.   It was passed after Cuban warplanes flying near Havana shot down two unarmed civilian aircraft based in Miami.

18.   It was put before the House the following day and passed after less than an hour of debate.

19.   Later on we prepared the yellow cake with chocolate frosting and carved it into six itty-bitty wedges that Rachel passed after dinner.

20.   More and more, it sounds as if Arbour seems to feel his time has passed after a quarter-century with the same organization.