11.   John Adams, chief executive of Adams, Harkness, said the expansion follows a period of brisk growth in business on both coasts.

12.   Its publication follows a period in which Hebron seemed to be sliding steadily towards the abyss.

13.   Morone assumes the presidency following a period of contraction for Bentley.

14.   Periods of feminism always follow periods of agitation by women on behalf of other, more respectable causes.

15.   Religious Jewish women still immerse themselves in a ritual bath following their periods each month.

16.   Several referred to the legislation, following a period of higher gasoline prices and shortages of other forms of energy, as historic.

17.   That quarter also followed a period when stock funds outperformed their fixed-income counterparts by a big margin for several years, Phillips said.

18.   The book followed the period through the eyes of three families, all of whose lives were changed by agreeing to participate in the project.

19.   The disappointments follow a period in which the news about technology has been almost universally positive.

20.   The convention follows a period in which the NAACP fell on hard times.