91.   But as the years passed, Kirby grew old and ill.

92.   But as the years pass, all three grow closer and ruminate together over everything from girls and the mysteries of sex to their futures.

93.   But as years have passed, the governments of Beijing and Taipei have followed radically divergent paths, making the notion of one nation little more than a fiction.

94.   But as years passed, the deal unraveled.

95.   But a year has passed since the United States was engaged in one of its biggest and nastiest political wars.

96.   But a year has passed, and things have settled down.

97.   But as long as the current rules exist, years can pass during which corporate citizens can go without paying the IRS a dime.

98.   But as the years passed, battle positions were abandoned, armies retreated and refugees once driven from their homes returned.

99.   But as the years passed, Irish- and Polish-Americans in the United States found themselves generations away from their European-born relatives.

100.   But as years passed, the brand and marketing advantages faded while the cost penalty persisted, which steadily eroded the profit edge.