11.   An Israeli couple say their hens have been laying more eggs since they started playing classical music for them.

12.   And the couple says police officers told them nothing can be done unless thieves are caught in the act.

13.   Besides business, the couple said the gingerbread also keeps them together like a well-mixed dough.

14.   A couple of trustees said that the museum planned to maintain its relationship with its soon-to-be-former neighbors.

15.   A couple I know said they plan to usher in the next millennium in a cottage, alone, on Mt. Desert Island.

16.   A strong job market made a move to Boston possible for Pamela Bleisch and Tim Strawn, the couple said during an interview.

17.   Although a formal wedding was in the works, the young couple said they wanted to get married at City Hall so they could live together.

18.   But e-mail can be fraught with pitfalls, couples say.

19.   But that denial came back to haunt him Monday when the Gainesville couple said they had personally handed the tape to him during a visit to Washington.

20.   But the couple said they would consider moving back to Iowa to raise a family.