81.   Weeks passed with no receipt of such, and I sensed the reviewer was avoiding me.

82.   Weeks passed without a response.

83.   Weeks passed, and the federal investigation seemed to be going nowhere.

84.   When I checked the warblers again, more than a week had passed, and the nest was empty.

85.   Yet few weeks have passed since without a call from Scales that offered encouragement, sympathy or simply another hearty round of thanks.

86.   Word of such changes often leaks, however, as officials often need several weeks to pass along the new policy to regional departments.

87.   A week passed and the police returned with a report.

88.   As the weeks passed, questions mounted about her connection to Condit, who represents her hometown of Modesto, California.

89.   Barely a week passes without a Hutu rebel ambush of a bus or a military convoy in northwestern Rwanda.