11.   Five hundred home runs punches a ticket to Cooperstown.

12.   For Cherry, a strong showing at the Futurity could punch his ticket to the two other Triple Crown shows and points between.

13.   I punch their tickets to Bug Valhalla and go about my business.

14.   I had punched my ticket for a life of crime.

15.   If Chandler wanted to punch his ticket all the way out of Atlanta, he could have gone a long way toward that goal Wednesday by spewing venom.

16.   Indeed, the Tigers danced on the New Orleans Arena court a week ago as if they had just punched their ticket to the Final Four.

17.   Linebacker Jamir Miller, who was singled out for off-the-field problems, is the latest to punch a ticket.

18.   On trains like the one in Silver Spring and Jersey City, they will be speaking to conductors who are punching tickets or carrying out other duties.

19.   One Sox player whose ticket was punched early was second baseman Mike Benjamin, who left the game after striking out to end the top of the fourth.

20.   Powell even punched his ticket at the White House with a brief stint as national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan.