11.   But a recent series of interviews with team owners and other officials indicates that the system is not only showing signs of strain, but desperately needs some fine-tuning.

12.   Brubaker is expecting a weekend like the one Three Rivers Stadium enjoyed when McGwire and the Cardinals went to Pittsburgh for a recent series.

13.   But a recent series of military advances by government forces may mean the war is nearing a decisive phase.

14.   But the change at the mosque points to a recent series of ironies for Muslims.

15.   By the same token, a DNA test can also rule out a suspect, as happened in a recent series of rapes in nearby Arlington.

16.   Caribbean officials acknowledge that some fear remains after a recent series of violent crimes throughout the Caribbean.

17.   Cuban officials said the five were only the last in a recent series of attackers trained abroad.

18.   Even in its tilt toward the states in its recent series of federalism decisions, the court has not gone that far.

19.   Foale has acknowledged that the recent series of problems has made his experiences on Mir the most difficult of his life.

20.   For the first time in the recent series of skirmishes, American jets apparently struck a residential neighborhood, killing several civilians.