21.   American technology is still the envy of the world, and her universities are the queens of learning.

22.   American universities are the envy of the world partly because they encourage robust debate.

23.   Among them were high-ranking university alumni, retired military generals, poets and actors.

24.   An Education Department official said that the university is very aggressive in its lobbying efforts.

25.   And as usual, universities have been hot sites for those discovering bugs in the programming language.

26.   Annemarie Lewis-Kerwin, the UMass spokeswoman, said Tuesday that the university is contractually bound to continue preparations until the commission decides to call them off.

27.   Apart from the classrooms renovated by the Australians, the university is a moldering wreck.

28.   Around here, it is also a pretty good bet that the university in question is Harvard.

29.   Armed with that information, the university will be able to analyze trends on which applicants have been hired and promoted, she said.

30.   Another result is that universities are in fierce competition with one another for faculty who can bring in the grants.