21.   At the helm, Alioto, a moderate Democrat, kept a steady hand.

22.   Beane, too, brought up the patience and steady hand his manager has demonstrated with teams that had no chance to contend.

23.   Beatris Burgos, a counselor at Greenhouse, provides steady hands for an abused woman.

24.   A little girl with steady hands whose father wonders whether she will follow him into the practice of surgery, or the rigors of construction work.

25.   A steady hand at the tiller, they think, is necessary when the others are new in their leadership positions.

26.   After he got out of the hospital he was out on the golf course with steady hands, putting better than he had in years.

27.   After the dizzying gyrations of the Yeltsin years, a steady hand in the Kremlin would be welcome.

28.   But beyond the points and rebounds, it was the steady hand and head of Grant that the Red Storm needed on this night.

29.   But central to all has been the Federal Reserve Board for a steady hand in regulating the money supply.

30.   By the time he got to Boston he was known for having a steady hand in a crisis.