21.   Exquisite, velvety, mottled blossoms, sitting on the chocolate icing, innocently waiting to strike.

22.   Except perhaps the final one of this centennial Games in two weeks, and another four-year wait to another night like this.

23.   For more than two weeks, they toured alliance territory and dutifully waited to interview senior officials.

24.   Four hours, he said, is a reasonable time to wait to exercise after eating.

25.   Georgia cannot afford to sit back and wait to field offers from studios.

26.   Had De la Rua waited to act, economists say, the run would most likely have become a gallop.

27.   Green stalks from daffodils and irises simply cannot wait to barge through the earth and emerge, astonished, into the sometimes hostile air.

28.   He intercepted a clearing attempt and then made a pass to Holik, who was waiting to the left of the Lightning goaltender, Darren Puppa.

29.   He waited and waited to no avail.

30.   However, a cautious Evans said he would wait to comment about those situations until he can meet with other members of the organization after the season concludes.