11.   But we forget quickly that last year was the driest in recorded Arizona history.

12.   Down in Chesapeake Bay, the blue crab harvest was the worst in recorded history.

13.   Dr. William Gray and his colleagues at Colorado State University have pointed out that the strongest El Nino in recorded history suppressed hurricane activity last year.

14.   Disputes about the rightful split between management and player have raged throughout the recorded history of American professional sports.

15.   Efforts to improve systems of measurement have a heritage as old as recorded history.

16.   Fires destroyed more natural resources around the world in the last two years than at any other time in recorded history.

17.   Five thousand years of recorded history has proven that some gifts are favorites that transcend the ages.

18.   Floyd, one of the most powerful and largest hurricanes in recorded history, had been headed toward Florida before veering to the north Tuesday night.

19.   Flip-flops, or their ancestors, are a basic sandal that has been around since before recorded history.

20.   For about half of recorded history, no one had written an autobiography.