21.   On the second day a motel room became available, so at last I could sleep long enough to have nightmares and wake up screaming.

22.   One evening, when the room became too cold, I turned off the air-conditioner and heard the thump of dance music far off.

23.   Prime hotel rooms become scarce during the gay pride weekend, said John Neal of Travel Trends, a San Francisco travel agency.

24.   Rooms became smaller and intimate as furniture began to accommodate the body.

25.   Secret passages are a rarity, but secret rooms are becoming quite common in homes built by high-end builders.

26.   The breakfast room becomes the cafe, and what we once dubbed the game room is now the imagination room.

27.   The room became very quiet when I introduced the last two panelists, both of whom had lost their children to violence in August.

28.   The room became quiet.

29.   The room becomes more humid, then showers in the ceiling opened, sprinkling warm water over me, and most of the mud melted away.

30.   The room has become too small to comfortably hold the daily outpouring of cameras, microphones, pads and pencils that greet Parcells daily.