21.   An emerging theme is the need for a uniform system of vote counting in presidential elections.

22.   And it could be corn syrup, which is not counted in the grams of sugar.

23.   And sounds, and not sights, are what count in golf to Meador and Huber.

24.   Animosity toward Bush appears to be building among African Americans, who believe that if their votes had been fairly counted in Florida, Gore would have won.

25.   As he spoke late on Monday afternoon, Bush had his mind on the votes being counted in the Iowa caucuses.

26.   As stocks drop, banks see unrealized profits from their stock portfolios -- money that can be counted in their capital base -- dwindle.

27.   Baker said McCain could still stage an upset in California, where only the votes of registered Republicans will be counted in the award of GOP convention delegates.

28.   Ballot counting in Los Angeles was held up over the weekend by Republicans who asserted that voting fraud had occurred on Election Day.

29.   Ballots are still being counted in the excruciatingly close contest between Roy Goodman, a Republican state senator for three decades, and Liz Krueger, his Democratic challenger.

30.   Ballots were due to be counted in mid-March.