21.   As weeks passed, things got worse.

22.   As the weeks passed, the once-unthinkable became routine.

23.   Before a week had passed, Ms. Antonakos had disappeared.

24.   A few weeks have passed.

25.   A warm, balmy week has passed since Jeff Shaw offered the Cincinnati Reds a hot deal through his Cincinnati agent, Joe Bick.

26.   A week has passed after Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Japan-U.S. joint security declaration.

27.   A week passed before it really sank in that she could be laid off.

28.   A week passed.

29.   A week has passed.

30.   A week passed and my symptoms worsened, so I went back to the office.