21.   Astronomers are the scientists who can lay claim to detailed knowledge of meteor showers.

22.   Astronomers are the scientists who lay claim to detailed knowledge of meteor showers.

23.   At the new Staples Center, Hearn can probably lay claim to the best seat in the house.

24.   Both candidates lay claim to the new economy.

25.   Both sides lay claim to the Bakassi region, which is on the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea, and which has plentiful fish stocks.

26.   Both ways lay claim to authenticity.

27.   A week ago, President Bush tried to lay claim to a global warming program by pointing to administration plans for the preservation of forests in Latin America.

28.   Both Southern and Northern California lay claim to the beginnings of the ubiquitous ranch house.

29.   Bush can rightly lay claim to that role this year, politically as well as constitutionally.

30.   But Babe seems destined for the dinner table unless he can lay claim to some distinction.