41.   But he left before the first training camp because he could not get along with the management of the old Madison Square Garden.

42.   But here was a young man who had left years before to begin his own life.

43.   But is there one more Slam left for before it ends?

44.   But he just got back, and now he has to leave again before Christmas?

45.   But the Lebanese who tended to leave before were skilled workers and merchants who went to the Persian Gulf or Africa to make money and return.

46.   But the left-hander uncharacteristically left before explaining himself.

47.   But they withdrew like mice Tuesday, leaving before dawn, in silence and in secret.

48.   But with a week left before the trading deadline, everyone knows the dealing may not be over.

49.   But with just a week left before election day, the Texas governor appears to be taking a major gamble.

50.   But with only six weeks left before the elections, the he has introduced a new level of pageantry and reckless largesse to his populism.