21.   The Great One got everyone fired up about his pre-postcareer aspirations and tossed it in the lap of Kings management to make him happy.

22.   The squadron fired about a dozen anti-radar HARM missiles during the mini-air war over Bosnia , officials said.

23.   To be sure, voters were fired up about an array of issues, from gun control to Social Security to military deployment around the world.

24.   When Ricky quit his janitorial job because he thought he was about to be fired for poor performance, she decided it was hopeless.

25.   Co-workers at Nu-Wood Decorative Millwork factory told police the gunman was an employee who was either fired Thursday or was about to be fired.

26.   Employees also told police the suspect had either just been fired or was about to be fired.

27.   He dismissed speculation that White was about to be fired.

28.   Once an assistant manager at the store, he had been fired about six months before the robbery.

29.   Somali gunmen fired about a dozen bullets at the Buffalo cargo plane while seven tons of cooking oil were being unloaded, Davies said.

30.   South Korean guards fired back about a dozen rounds but there also were no reports of injuries on the North Korean side, South Korean officials said.