21.   Before this season began, Tom Gugliotta, an all-star small forward, left Minnesota and accepted less money to play for the Phoenix Suns.

22.   A mix of myth and legend shaped by several hands, the sacred story begins before time, with God majestically bringing order out of primordial chaos.

23.   Actually, the constriction had begun years before.

24.   Air strikes, however, could begin before that.

25.   All these gadgets are furthering the computerization of the planet, a process that began well before IBM got into the PC business.

26.   All that began long before Johnson arrived.

27.   But before the games begin?

28.   But Clarke said most of the hunger problem in Afghanistan began before the October bombing campaign because of brutal Taliban policies.

29.   But for many of the victims, the tragedy of their lives began long before their horrid deaths.

30.   But if heavy rains begin before then, the agency may be able to complete only half of the fixes, state officials said.