21.   The first fell off without exploding, prompting a police search that found the second, Hearst wrote.

22.   The discovery was a blessing for the Federal Reserve, which under chairman Alan Greenspan is still trying to determine how low unemployment can fall without accelerating inflation.

23.   The Peppermint Twist, a winding, wet purple tube that you fall through without the benefit of an inner tube, was a bit on the rough side.

24.   The show would fall apart without its precariously balanced scripts.

25.   The sky falls without warning and the Lebanese feel abused by an Israeli agenda that seems to them incoherent and entirely suspect.

26.   The torrent from Bean, Bauer and Banana Republic falls without surcease or pity.

27.   There are people who say Thailand will fall apart without him.

28.   Too, the Bruins fell without the services of veteran point guard Erica Gomez, who is sidelined until January after undergoing left shoulder surgery.

29.   U.N. officials said that the city, Bosanski Petrovac, fell almost without resistance.

30.   Usually, self-preservation overcomes valor, and towns and villages fall without a fight.