11.   Cabinet Ministers struggle into dinner jackets that have seen better days, their wives sit long before dressing tables applying powder and paint.

12.   Upstairs in the Bridal Suite, where sniffer dogs do their business once a day, Jeffrey Archer sat before his telephone.

13.   And before you sits the iQ!

14.   And last Thursday, Haverfield found himself sitting before a microphone in the El Paso Civic Center, testifying to a pair of reassuring congressmen.

15.   As proof, he sat before his locker Wednesday eating a Bar None candy bar, and he has been known to use the nickname as his signature.

16.   As we sit before our laptops, it is mid-afternoon in Shanghai.

17.   A few feet before him sat a frail-looking man, outfitted in a Rangers hat, a Rangers jersey and holding a color photograph of Richter.

18.   A young man with a black fluffy beard, he sat before a framed prayer mat, two long swords and a strap used for whippings.

19.   Afterward, Cedeno sat before his locker, surrounded by coaches and teammates.