31.   A more terrestrial note will sound in coming days, as Chrysler Corp., General Motors Corp. and Caterpillar Inc. release third-quarter earnings.

32.   A similar theme was sounded in Tulkarm by the Palestinian governor, Izaddin al-Sharief.

33.   Admittedly, it sounded hilarious in his soft, lilting, British-Caribbean accent.

34.   After sounding bullish in February, Casual Male sent up a red flare in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month.

35.   Air raid sirens sounded in Belgrade.

36.   Alarm after alarm sounds in the promos as menaces escalate from dire, to direr, to direst.

37.   Bursts of machine-gun fire sounded in the distance as the tank treads sent up clouds of dust.

38.   Bursts of machine-gun fire sounded in the distance as tank treads sent up clouds of dust.

39.   But as keen as Yeltsin was to sound tough in Washington, he seemed just as interested in drawing the attention of his critics at home.

40.   But I swear I could make out definite consonant and vowel sounds in that monstrous moan.