21.   Becker, who hit lead-off all through the minor leagues, before eventually ceding the role to Chuck Knoblauch in Minnesota.

22.   Both boys and girls overwhelmingly gave leading roles to boys and men in their stories.

23.   Both teams played the underdog role to perfection to advance to the series.

24.   Branagh also displays enormous marketing savvy by assigning small but showy roles to established names not normally associated with Shakespeare.

25.   A few, like Pittsburgh and Milwaukee, are giving a greater role to musicians.

26.   A man with no role to model.

27.   A growing worry of some Democrats goes beyond her conflicting roles to what they see as deficiencies in both her exploratory campaign and her political skills.

28.   A speech on Tuesday added home prices to the mix, but in a subordinate role to stocks.

29.   Adding this demanding new role to his repertory was not something he felt good about at this stage in his career.

30.   After easily outpacing large-cap stocks in May, small-cap stocks have once again surrendered their leadership role to large caps this month.