21.   Texas and Oklahoma officials are meeting Friday to try to resolve the final miles in question.

22.   That agony will probably come later, after a final mile that features a satisfying, sweeping descent from St. Paul Avenue into the downtown area.

23.   The final mile of the hike to the summit is along a ridge where you have great views south toward Crystal Lake.

24.   The final mile push to Pine Mountain Road delivers powerful gusts of winds, wonderful Alpine smells and enormous clusters of pinecones.

25.   They would join the procession in its final miles to the Old Capitol where Chiles will lie in state until his funeral this afternoon.

26.   Will it be a tactical race, everyone conserving energy for the final few miles?

27.   Elly Rono of Kenya pulled away from countrymen Joseph Nderitu in the final mile Sunday to win the Columbus Marathon.

28.   He compared his last two years as chairman to running the final mile of a marathon race.

29.   Herrera was among those who walked the final mile of the trip through light mist Sunday to Dockweiler State Beach, adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport.

30.   Punishing surges by Skah gave him breathing room ahead of the Kenyans, who ran close together until the final mile.