21.   Prior commitments are what happens when the home team is no longer perceived as a marquee attraction.

22.   Prior commitments require his presence in Tampa.

23.   Regrettably, I had prior commitments and could not accompany them.

24.   Sack, who had a prior commitment, enlisted the help of St. Petersburg Rabbi Stephen Moch.

25.   Smith was unable to attend because of prior commitments, Gailey said, but could participate tomorrow or next week.

26.   The Bay City Rollers apparently had a prior commitment.

27.   The company said the sale was based on a prior commitment.

28.   The player apparently came to him Saturday morning and got permission to fulfill a prior commitment in Miami, where he lives in the offseason.

29.   The only definite no-show for that day will be Tiger Woods, who has a prior commitment.

30.   Washington had previously said that Israel should carry out its prior commitments to the Palestinians separately from the final-status talks.