11.   Relay officials, who usually have one torch extinguished as soon as the next is lit, this time instructed security to stay back and let the drama continue.

12.   The expansion drama continued Monday, with Tagliabue and a strong contingent of NFL leaders and owners trying to take that drama to Hollywood.

13.   Today, the drama continued when lawyers for Welch and Johnson argued that the case should be dismissed.

14.   Whatever the officials and politicians were up to, the human drama continued.

15.   A new refugee drama continued to unfold in western Bosnia, where Bosnian government and Croat militia forces have captured a string of towns from retreating Serbs.

16.   Meanwhile, the cult drama continued to play itself out in court Wednesday.

17.   Producer David Hartley said Thursday the WB teen drama will continue shooting in Wilmington for at least one more year.

18.   The drama continued in the deciding set.

19.   The drama continued the fever-pitched start to the world championships following the drugs controversy surrounding China.

20.   Meanwhile, Silicon Valley observers are getting use to the idea that this unlikely corporate drama will continue.