31.   Potvin was pulled in the first period after winning six consecutive games.

32.   Recent polls show the contest is close, with Barak pulling ahead in recent days.

33.   Rodriguez, noting that the camp was pulled off in only five months of preparation time, said a year to prepare will make things bigger and better.

34.   Several American companies have pulled out in recent years.

35.   Sounds like the best trade the Knicks have pulled off in some time.

36.   Starks has also been pulled in the fourth quarter of two tight games by Van Gundy because of his unfocused play on defense.

37.   That removed a Gold Glove from the defense and, sure enough, a ball Griffey probably would have caught helped the Royals pull even in the sixth inning.

38.   The ATX has been pulled in recent days by the roller-coaster movement of the Hang Seng and other Asian indexes.

39.   The best one was the catch Hill pulled off in the fifth inning.

40.   The game was a nail-biter, with Brock and Kennard seesawing toward victory until the Eagles finally began pulling ahead in the third period.