11.   Bears can spend up to five long months without eating, drinking, defecating or urinating.

12.   Block is on the verge of resolving the litigation this month without admitting any wrongdoing.

13.   A behind-the-scenes search for a face-saving compromise has gone on for months without progress.

14.   A brief lull when he went nearly a month without a victory kept his statistics from being even better.

15.   About half of all sufferers have a spontaneous recovery within a month without treatment.

16.   After a few months without being claimed, the items are moved to a warehouse in Queens before eventually being sold at a police auction.

17.   After Bush called on Israel to halt the operation, Sharon continued it for a month without damaging his relationship with Washington.

18.   But Congress adjourned this month without taking action on the measure, which was intended to supplement the largely moribund Caribbean Basin Initiative created by the Reagan administration.

19.   But all three said they expected to struggle for months without work.

20.   But it was unclear whether students would be allowed to graduate this month without taking that exam.