31.   As each day passes, the Chargers become a more viable and ferocious opponent.

32.   As each day passes, the clock keeps ticking for the Knicks.

33.   As each day passes, the possibility of Webber winding up elsewhere appears more and more likely.

34.   As each day passes, the projected payrolls go down.

35.   As every day passes, it becomes clear that self-rule is not translating into quick economic or political gain.

36.   As the days have passed, the Russians have dug in more solidly, resisting a series of suggested texts here and criticizing the United States in Moscow.

37.   As the days pass, the CDC hopes it is unlikely.

38.   As the days passed, Alexei grew weaker.

39.   As the days passed, we found another force breezing through our group along with the warm trade winds.

40.   As the day passed, military leaders asked her three times to evacuate the White House, but she refused.