31.   Buoyed by money from new investors, theater chains are beginning to recover.

32.   He spoke hours after authorities indicated that the tragic chain of events began with a large shipment of cocaine into this former British colony.

33.   The complex chain of events began unfolding last week when the militants infiltrated into Kyrgyzstan from Tajikistan and took five officials hostage.

34.   The consolidations came as national supermarket chains began to rely on just one wholesaler for chainwide magazine needs rather than a different one for each region of the country.

35.   The fast-food chain began testing Speedpass at one of its restaurants in Naperville last August.

36.   They are available by mail order, and some video chains recently have begun offering them for rental.

37.   The chain of finds began on a Saturday with nine garbage bags in the suburb of Couesmes, containing the limbs of three women.

38.   The horrific chain of events began from the most ordinary of situations.