21.   Following the collapse of communism a decade ago, Poland enacted swift and painful economic reforms that worked.

22.   Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the expectation was that the hard bargaining over warheads, missiles and bombers was over.

23.   Following the collapses of Streamline.com and Shoplink.com, Webvan was the only online grocer of significant size left standing without a strong industry partner.

24.   Following the collapse of the towers, tiebacks are being installed along the western and southern sides of the wall in order to provide reinforcement.

25.   Harris Cyclery might seem a quaint exception to the diminished enthusiasm for online retailing, following the collapse of well-known dot-coms from HomeRuns to pets.com.

26.   He faulted the Clinton administration for failing thoroughly to rethink the role of nuclear weapons following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

27.   He was hospitalized for one night in Olean, N.Y., following his collapse before a game at St. Bonaventure University on Sunday.

28.   His high school coach, Tom Stringer, and his junior college coach, Skip Foster, were by his bedside by Monday following his collapse.

29.   In the days following the collapse, Waeckerle could not sleep, despite being exhausted.

30.   In recent years, Russia has regained much of the market share it lost after the turmoil in the oil industry there following the collapse of the Soviet Union.