21.   Even as temperatures edged downward last night many areas were deciding to remain closed until the weekend to protect what base snow remained.

22.   His office was closed until Monday.

23.   House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Republican of Illinois, announced in the morning that the House chamber in the Capitol would close until Tuesday for the sweep.

24.   Japanese stock markets were open for morning trading only today and will be closed until next Thursday.

25.   Japanese stock markets will be open for morning trading today and then close until next Thursday.

26.   Judge Dalia Dorner ruled that the offices could not be closed until a further court decision.

27.   Late on Friday afternoons, poor and elderly shoppers often visit the market, hoping for reduced prices on bread and vegetables just before the market closes until Sunday.

28.   Monday was the first day of the school year for most Turkish children, and Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit ordered schools in the affected areas closed until further notice.

29.   Most hotels had landscape and cosmetic damage, and many had minor roof damage, but only the Sheraton Grand is closed until next year.

30.   No missing-person case is closed until the person, or the body, is found, Edlund said.