21.   When he took his late afternoon walk around the Mall Wednesday with Steve Wesbrook, his operations manager, Gingrich was recognized by virtually everyone.

22.   When Canada played its first game last Friday, many Canadians had taken the afternoon off work.

23.   While some youths Scott A. Davis knows are experimenting with drugs, he said his afternoons are taken up with volleyball at his school.

24.   After hearing the presentations Wednesday, delegates took the afternoon off and were to have more discussion Thursday.

25.   But with one very big decision, possibly the most important of the week, left to make, delegates took the afternoon off Wednesday.

26.   The dollar stayed strong despite profit taking that afternoon.