21.   As in previous encounters on his way to a berth in the final, Lapentti showed fierce fighting spirit.

22.   At the Pentagon, Rumsfeld played a dramatic videotape of previous close encounters between U.S. and Chinese planes off the China coast.

23.   Barbados won the previous encounter at the Enmore Estate ground last Saturday.

24.   Both teams entered the match undefeated in previous encounters with Burma and Maldives.

25.   But he then went on to recount his previous encounters with Hingis.

26.   But this final lacked the emotion and excitement of those previous encounters.

27.   But this match lacked the emotion and excitement of those previous encounters.

28.   Gingrich had previous well-publicized encounters with the ethics committee.

29.   He displayed none of the mobility that had given Michalczewski trouble in their previous encounter.

30.   He said he was pleased that, unlike previous encounters with another big rival, Anatoly Karpov, the match with Anand was played with no animosity.