11.   Electronic game maker Saitek Industries is targeting that market with a waterproof device that counts down how much time you have left in the sun before getting burned.

12.   For months the plebes had been counting down the time to their Recognition handshake on Recognition Day.

13.   Frenzied fans at Reunion Arena Thursday night waved signs counting down the return of Bryan Marchment as if it were the next coming of the World Wrestling Federation.

14.   He had counted down the days to this World Cup since the final whistle in Italy four years ago.

15.   His head still turns when he passes the sign on the Downtown Connector, the one counting down the days until the Olympics.

16.   His baggage attendants, Michael Cialdella and Kevin Lucey, hold up a sign at each stop counting down the number of hours until noon Tuesday.

17.   I counted down the last five seconds, like I usually do.

18.   In blinking red lights on its Web site, Lillian Vernon Corp. is counting down the shipping days to Christmas.

19.   Kentucky is counting down what it expects, and most people think, will be one more championship season.

20.   Knowing that she will never swim competitively again, she has felt comfortable counting down every single act in her Olympic year.