11.   But in town after town, Dutch elm disease spread quickly through the close-planted trees and left whole blocks denuded.

12.   Congress, just back in town after two months of recess, is planning for a shortened work year that could also be short on accomplishments.

13.   Each day, reports of one town after another falling to rebels in Upper Zaire Province heighten the sensation here of a noose drawing tighter.

14.   Fortunately for him, his mother, Pat, was already in town after attending the Virginia Tech game.

15.   Graham talked about it Sunday as he packed his car to leave town after the final round of the Bank of Boston Senior Classic at Nashawtuc CC.

16.   He arrived in town after a good win in New Jersey and picked up all the turmoil talk surrounding the Celtics.

17.   He bought a house in town after serving in the war and lived in it for the rest of his life.

18.   He came to town after World War II and waded into auto racing when the sport was swashbuckling as pirate movies.

19.   He also charged the agency with ignoring its obligations to the town after the treatment.

20.   He is considered a powerful figure in this town after a three-year stint at the helm of Twentieth Century Fox Television.