91.   And over the past few weeks, key bank and finance officials have issued oblique promises to follow through on these moves.

92.   And repairing this might be as big a personal test for McLane as the emotional test he has felt in the past week.

93.   And the weather was great this past week.

94.   And Stoudamire was cloaked in controversy, the target of an NCAA investigation the past week.

95.   And then they did what they did to the Sonics over the past week.

96.   And while endorsement of the event has been slow in coming from many national black leaders and organizations, momentum has picked up considerably over the past several weeks.

97.   And they probably will attempt to recover at least one of two power-storage batteries that have faltered in the past several weeks, limiting the electrical supply.

98.   And this past week, with the season about to fade to black, that magic kicked in.

99.   And those Packers descended on the Crescent City this past week, hopefully to witness these Packers adding another chapter to the great Green Bay story.

100.   And yet how can one not indulge a certain pleasure in the wipeout of the dot-com stocks during the past few weeks?