11.   No matter our preparation, the seasons unfold and mark the passing of our lives.

12.   Some mark the passing with laughter, song, and drink.

13.   The championship game, a gawdy Greco-Roman ooomph orgy, marks its passing in Roman Numerals.

14.   The entire nation stood in silence for two minutes when sirens that each year commemorate the Nazi Holocaust issued the call for Israelis to mark the passing of Rabin.

15.   There was no formal ceremony to mark the passing of the torch from Ray Bourque to Kyle McLaren, the new minister of defense for the Bruins.

16.   In her troubled homeland, which is trying to recover from a chaotic revolt last spring, her passing was marked with special sadness.

17.   No matter who contends this week, the eighth Open held in this town will mark the passing of an era.

18.   No matter who contends this week, the eighth Open held in this town on the Irish Sea will mark the passing of an era.

19.   No matter who contends this week, though, the eighth Open held in this town on the Irish Sea will mark the passing of an era.

20.   Survival remains such a struggle in Choco that when an infant dies, family members still mark its passing with a party.