31.   And that stunning development came after they had let their best player, Larry Walker, leave as a free agent.

32.   And now, with only seven and a half months left as president, he even may want peace more than the parties themselves.

33.   And this includes leaving it as deleted matter on a disc drive.

34.   And when J.P. Hayes left Westchester Country Club Sunday night, he left as a winner.

35.   Another candidate is Dan Cloutier, the backup goalie, who could be the first-stringer if Mike Richter leaves as an unrestricted free agent this summer.

36.   As if to underscore the plight of the Devils, the scoreboard system serenaded them as the fans left the arena.

37.   As he leaves as treasury secretary, the budget is in surplus.

38.   As Republicans leave Philadelphia, ahead in the polls and confident of victory, the shape of their upcoming campaign is coming into focus.

39.   At the same time, the fascination with what the leader of an unquestionably supreme allied power chooses to leave as a verbal legacy here is wholly understandable.

40.   Atlanta and the Chicago Cubs let their first basemen leave as free agents, Andres Galarraga moving to Texas and Mark Grace to Arizona.