11.   Bledsoe drew little interest around the league when the free agency period began.

12.   After that comes the World Series and a week later the November sweeps period begins.

13.   But in Dixie the mourning period has just begun.

14.   But neither he nor Cohen pledged to end the air strikes before the religious period began early Saturday in Iraq.

15.   But NBA operations director Rod Thorn said he knew of no tampering claims pending, although charges could emerge once the signing period begins.

16.   But the testing period has only just begun.

17.   By the time the second period began, he was sitting on the Kings bench.

18.   But, rather than booking those annual payments as they come in, Harvey recognizes the full amount as company revenue as soon as the licensing period began.

19.   Companies that develop systems before the two-year period can begin exporting encryption software of any level at that time, if they register their keys.

20.   For any account that contains only new contributions, the period begins on the day when you open the first account.