11.   At the Neil Simon Theater, meanwhile, a story took place with a happier ending.

12.   Because the adventures are true, the stories take unpredictable twists and turns, often with surprise endings and irony.

13.   Based on the story of Scottish hero William Wallace, the story does take some liberties with history.

14.   Before long, the story takes George from his primitive home to San Francisco and back again.

15.   Both New Yorker stories take place on trains.

16.   Both stories take place in Chicago inner-city neighborhoods, and both are local in the telling but harrowingly national in scope.

17.   --- The story has taken on a life of its own.

18.   A winning story has taken on a losing subtext.

19.   After I got them off the boat, the story just took off.

20.   All the while, a parallel story was taking place in Africa.