11.   And that showed this month as builder concerns about the effects of higher rates raised alarms about demand for new homes.

12.   Ann Symington was deposed separately last month as part of the bankruptcy proceeding.

13.   And when the process lagged for months as officials haggled with contractors, some constituents accused their leaders of embezzling the money.

14.   Anticipation of a rate increase grew in recent months as the U.S. economy showed signs of strength.

15.   As Brown toured the city, familiarizing himself with local landmarks in his first month as an Austin resident, he passed a sign of the times.

16.   As the poor, misbegotten Western Athletic Conference wobbled into its final months as an overstuffed, underpaid curiosity, suddenly there was a bolt of lightning.

17.   Asian economies from Indonesia to Thailand to South Korea have been roiled in recent months as their currencies and stocks plunge amid mounting foreign debts.

18.   At the Essex House fund-raiser, Silver described the Democratic agenda for the coming months as fighting budget cuts proposed by Pataki.

19.   Babitsky described his detention for more than a month as apparently the work of a domestic Russian agency, the Federal Security Service.

20.   Banks have been among the best-performing groups in recent months as falling interest rates boost profits.