31.   A Chechen military spokesman told Interfax that the clashes stopped as darkness fell.

32.   After Harris rounded first base, the game stopped as the Mets dugout and bullpen emptied.

33.   Assigning blame will have to be stopped as a national pastime.

34.   But the commotion suddenly stopped as a newly popular song poured from the loudspeakers.

35.   Downtown business stopped as other nearby buildings were evacuated.

36.   Gollia said police had not followed the car, adding it was stopped only as part of a routine.

37.   He held up an empty money pouch, complaining he had been robbed by ethnic Tajiks in uniform who stopped him as part of security for the loya jirga.

38.   In an interview with the daily Maariv published Friday, Sharon insisted that violence must stop as a precondition for talks to resume.

39.   In the West Bank town of Ramallah, sirens wailed and traffic stopped as Palestinians observed three minutes of silence.

40.   In the West Bank town of Ramallah, traffic stopped as Palestinians observed three minutes of silence.