11.   Only last summer, on a trip to the former East Germany, Gerhard Schroeder, the German chancellor, promised that the Eggesin base would remain open.

12.   Royce Clayton mishandled the ball, Mondesi scored, and the bases remained loaded.

13.   The bases remained loaded as Fabregas struck out and Dick Schofield flied to right.

14.   The Gudauta base remains intact because the Abkhazian inhabitants of that city, fearing for their safety, will not let the Russians move out.

15.   The tax base remains woefully small.

16.   Yet the Pentagon and almost all countries in Asia fervently want the American bases to remain.

17.   By Thursday morning, only the granite base remained.

18.   Still, its technology base remains much shallower than developed countries and the skills and educational level of the work-force is relatively low.

19.   The base remained sealed and damage could not be assessed.

20.   The bases remained loaded after explanations to Bell and Cubs manager Don Baylor.