31.   He was ninth after the opening quarter-mile, but he never got any closer.

32.   Houston got no closer than the final deficit.

33.   However, Chicago could get no closer.

34.   His group could get no closer than an entryway, where they knelt in the sand and scorching heat.

35.   However, the Kings could get no closer.

36.   Hockey North America, for example, has a beginner course designed for people who have never gotten any closer to a game than their TV set.

37.   However, Texas Southern would get no closer.

38.   Israel should let Arafat go, as a gesture of goodwill and as the best hope, for now, of getting any closer to ending the conflict.

39.   Kenseth slipped by Jeff Burton on the restart and zoomed to within two-car lengths of Mayfield and Labonte but could get no closer.

40.   Minnesota never got any closer than nine points after that.