21.   A week later, the cardinal said he would designate churches where formal prayers would be held before Mass, as an alternative to the vigils.

22.   All these years I have been holding before me the hope of enjoying my prime.

23.   But Gephardt, essentially agreeing with comments Gingrich made this week, said it was extremely unlikely that Congress would hold hearings before the elections.

24.   But neither the friends nor the foes of Iraq on the Council gave Aziz any hope this week that a comprehensive review could be held before inspections resumed.

25.   Diller later became chairman of QVC Inc., a rival cable-TV home shopping network, the most recent position he held before going to Silver King.

26.   Drancy was a large French transit camp where Jews were held before being sent to Auschwitz and other camps.

27.   Elections for a new parliament, originally planned for next month, cannot be held before March at the earliest, Prime Minister Smarck Michel said Tuesday.

28.   Elections should not be held before next spring or summer, he said.

29.   Fire Department officials said a disciplinary hearing would be held before punishment, if any, was rendered.

30.   Finally, there are those who train the troops, like the Ruckus Society, which teaches nonviolent and creative confrontation techniques at camps held before demonstrations.