111.   Eighty years have passed since the slaying of the last Russian emperor and his family.

112.   Five months have passed since that last game, and each team has evolved somewhat.

113.   Fifty-five years have passed since then, decades of marriage, divorce, child rearing and the myriad distractions of home life.

114.   In her hometown, the four decades that have passed since her historic walk have produce mixed results.

115.   More than a generation has passed since counterculture heroine Janis Joplin first prayed for a Mercedes-Benz in a whimsical ditty that became a rock classic.

116.   More than three years have passed since the last large-scale battles between Indian rebels and the Mexican army in the southernmost state of Chiapas.

117.   More than a century has passed since this tiny mountain community stopped mining for gold and started mining tourist dollars.

118.   More than two years have passed since three family members left their rural home on a fishing trip to northern Wisconsin, never to be seen again.

119.   More than six months have passed since eruption of the biggest-ever corporate bankruptcy in an affair tinged with political overtones.

120.   Nearly three years have passed since the world pledged to combat global warming.