21.   Hundreds were waiting when officials announced at least two hours before the official closing time that they would stop letting people in.

22.   Hopper said that talks are going on with other distributors and that a deal will likely be announced before the end of this week.

23.   If no agreement is announced before opening night, there is a possibility of a management lockout, although no official announcement has been made.

24.   It is expected to be announced before Clinton travels to Latin America this spring.

25.   Its efforts were announced just before Christmas.

26.   Many followers of the talks had expected such an announcement to be the next step, rather than an agreement announced before the Ford contract was even formally ratified.

27.   Mitsuzuka said a formal plan will be announced before the end of March.

28.   Motorola announced before the market opened Thursday morning that its fourth-quarter revenue and earnings would fall short of forecasts.

29.   Not long before CNN announced its takeover by Time Warner Inc., CNN and Microsoft considered a similarly interactive news channel.

30.   Neither player is expected to announce before next week.