11.   Bryant and other Republican lawmakers are backing another bill that would bar chief judges from deciding the outcome of complaints against judges in their own circuits.

12.   Bruins goalie Byron Dafoe, who was making his fifth straight start, had predicted that special teams would decide the outcome.

13.   But for all of the waiting and dreaming, there was no huge explosion of delight when the outcome was basically decided.

14.   But in the ninth inning, with a game on the line, Griffey hit a ball hard enough to decide the outcome.

15.   But more often than not it is a group of moderate Republicans who will decide the outcome.

16.   But tax intellectuals are not likely to play a major role in deciding the outcome of this latest skirmish over capital gains.

17.   But the Rangers had decided the outcome well before then.

18.   Carolina decided the outcome early on the strength of its only three-goal period of the season.

19.   Chemistry is important in all team events, and how Kite and Ballesteros handle their teams will go a long way toward deciding the outcome.

20.   Consequently, the outcome was decided well before halftime.