31.   The fallout from such a clean sweep could prove disastrous, as the school would be without a coach or athletic director during the critical recruiting period.

32.   The most critical period for soybean development is August, when the plants produce and fill pods.

33.   The month after the game will be the critical period and could determine if the season will be finished and the World Series played.

34.   The season ended with no first downs and nine yards of total offense in the critical third period.

35.   These two handsomely designed volumes from the Texas State Historical Association give readers access to two important sources from a critical period of American history.

36.   This is the critical period.

37.   Two years ago, Phillips took a leave of absence during a critical off-season period to deal with a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment.

38.   When both were in the critical period of defining themselves to the American public, the press hammered at hidden corners of their histories.

39.   With all of his surgeries and medical treatments, Montalbano missed critical periods of development.

40.   A Russian spy working in U.S. military security crippled American intelligence gathering in the critical period leading to the Korean War, a newly declassified report says.