11.   As the season went along, in fact, Smits improves dramatically.

12.   As the season goes on, we will get better.

13.   As the season went along, I realized it could take time.

14.   As the season went on he learned more and more.

15.   As this football season has gone unblemished, even chemistry professors have been talking about football in the dining hall, defensive end Marc Laborsky said.

16.   As victim or victor, deciding so much about how far this season is going.

17.   At the rate this season is going, the Nets might as well not bother showing up for road games.

18.   A couple of weeks earlier, Gretzky thought the season was going to be canceled because of the labor dispute between league management and the NHL Players Association.

19.   A more complete picture of how well the Christmas season went will emerge next week when big retail chains report their holiday sales figures.

20.   A prognostication on how the holiday shopping season will go.