11.   For the second successive day, the U.S. Postal Service team had a rider in the breakaway, but again came up a little short.

12.   For the second successive day, the pope veered away Sunday from a prepared text to omit passages suggesting stronger Catholic opposition to the Holocaust than many Jews acknowledge.

13.   For the third successive day, the two sides did not meet and did not speak to each other by telephone.

14.   He auditioned for the Jets and Giants in successive days and chose the Giants because he knew they were without a punter.

15.   In successive days, celebration seemed less in order.

16.   In three successive days UCLA has lost its defensive coordinator, offensive coordinator and star wide receiver.

17.   It is the sixth successive day of around-the-clock bombing against Nazi Germany.

18.   It was also the second successive day Indurain left his rivals behind.

19.   It was the second successive day of bombing the region.

20.   Japan Airlines Co. shares fell for the fourth successive day amid news that ticket broker H.I.S. Co. will start a new airline in Japan.