21.   A small hallway alcove contains some of the pressed flowers Robert sent Elizabeth in the love letters the two wrote each other before their first face-to-face encounter.

22.   After a ravenous first encounter, they conclude that their future depends upon getting rid of their boss and taking over the business.

23.   After his first encounter with Domico, Stowens dictated for his file an admission of uncertainty.

24.   After his first encounter with the French police, Beghal threw himself into work on behalf of militant Islam.

25.   After their first encounter with Cheney one child noticed the motorcycle cops donning their helmets.

26.   Both men did better Wednesday night in their painfully polite exchange than they had in their first encounter.

27.   But court records show that last year, during his first encounter with the criminal justice system, he was extensively examined.

28.   But in their first encounter with Tigermania, they regretted that they had to brace for something more.

29.   But neither leader publicly mentioned the possibility of eventual Russian membership in NATO, something Putin discussed at their first encounter, in Slovenia, earlier this year.

30.   But she confessed that she was discouraged by her first encounter with American suitors.