11.   The impression that Arafat and Israel are racing the clock is unmistakable.

12.   There is a palpable tension in driving the General Lee to town, avoiding capture and racing the clock.

13.   They race the clock to earn prize money.

14.   While investigators have yet to determine any motive for the killings, they suspect that they are racing the clock.

15.   With Joel getting sicker, doctors were racing the clock.

16.   Racing the clock, election judges sifted through thousands of ballots across Florida on Saturday in a partial manual recount ordered by the state Supreme Court.

17.   Barak is racing the clock on a peace accord.

18.   Both Barak and Clinton are racing the clock in their quest for an accord.

19.   Racing the clock, construction workers with heavy machinery drilled a second shaft parallel to the narrow well, then dug across to reach him.

20.   Military engineers are racing the clock to remove land mines and other unexploded ammunition from five sites chosen to house peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan, British officials said Thursday.