21.   The couple had traveled to China to visit his ailing father.

22.   The Udall children said McCain repaid his political debt in his dedication to their ailing father.

23.   There she met Gilbert Hartwig, the Army vet with the ailing father and thin mustache.

24.   Williams was pushing himself, harder than ever, to honor his ailing father.

25.   Pope said he and his wife are looking forward to going home, and to visiting his ailing father in Oregon.

26.   After a visit to his ailing father and flirting with retirement, Michael Cage returned to the New Jersey Nets Tuesday and said he was ready to play.

27.   All-Star center fielder Bernie Williams left the New York Yankees on Monday to be with his ailing father in Puerto Rico.

28.   Bernie Williams might be put on the disabled list by the New York Yankees while he remains in Puerto Rico with his ailing father.

29.   Bono flew back to Dublin to visit his ailing father, a retired postal worker, nearly every night the band has played in Britain.

30.   Buffalo Bills defensive end Bruce Smith took a second day off from practice Wednesday to be with his ailing father.