21.   Of the last six, three were positive.

22.   Oakland lost its fourth consecutive game and its fifth in its last six, falling from playoff contention.

23.   Over the last six years the government has investigated dozens of fires nationwide, more than half of them at predominantly black churches.

24.   President George W. Bush says he wants to do for the country over the next four years what he did for Texas over the last six.

25.   Playoff hopes will depend on four road games in their last six, including dates at Tampa and Indy.

26.   Recently, though, I began to hear that things had changed, that over the last six or seven years, the wine had improved greatly.

27.   Still, the Dodgers have won their last three series and five of their last six, which has most of them smiling.

28.   That makes a tough job even more difficult for a team that lost five of its last six.

29.   Tech has won its last three against N.C. State, but has lost five of its last six against Virginia and six straight to Florida State.

30.   The Colorado Rockies have won eight in a row, the last six at home, where their purple pitcher eater has launched the notion of arena baseball.