21.   A mother takes in the scene from the playground gate and marvels at the innocent faces.

22.   About a year ago, the office switched its position, saying the mother had taken the necessary steps to win back her child.

23.   After my father died, my mother took the case to arbitration.

24.   Al Michaels, the ABC Sports commentator, recalled how his gambling mother would take him out of school to watch horse racing at Hollywood Park.

25.   Alarmed, her mother took her to a doctor, convinced that Barton must have a thyroid problem.

26.   But a year ago, the divorced mother of two took up drag racing, fulfilling a lifelong dream.

27.   But her mother took Kelsey into the room in the intensive care unit.

28.   But they are convinced the mother has taken with her to the cells sought-after secrets of major drugs rings smuggling heroin through China into Hong Kong.

29.   Does your mother take any medication?

30.   Earlier this year, a panel appointed by the National Institutes of Health urged careful long-term follow-up of all children whose mothers took AZT during pregnancy.