21.   Rumors flew throughout the third period as the sorry game played on.

22.   Rumors flew, and finally the couple were seen together so frequently that the story broke, first in The Daily News, then The New York Post.

23.   Rumors fly around the league that Seifert will pack it in and retire after the season.

24.   Rumors were flying all day Thursday.

25.   Rumors are flying fast and furious about a potential bid by General Dynamics Corp. to buy Los Angeles area-based Litton Industries Inc.

26.   Rumors are flying that Prime Minister Primakov is about to be fired.

27.   Rumors flew like the balls from a cheap paddle ball set.

28.   Rumors fly about suspicious activities, secret arrests, abuses of power and malicious hoaxes.

29.   Rumors have been flying all season about a top-to-bottom, Steinbrenneresque shakeup in the organization.

30.   Rumors still would fly.