21.   Also among the suitors is a group of friends who make a bet on which of them will be the first to make love to Erin.

22.   Among advancers were retailers Grupo Elektra SA and Controladora Comercial Mexicana SA.

23.   Among features are a head protection system along with side air bags for back seat passengers as an option.

24.   Among highest climbers was steelmaker Cia. Siderurgica Paulista.

25.   Among his aims is to search the area around the puzzling rocks for other material that might alsohave traveled to great depths, as his theory suggests.

26.   Among his clients are goaltender Mike Richter, center Bobby Holik and right wing Tony Amonte.

27.   Among his conclusions is that political leaders debate issues in black and white or as left or right politically, he said.

28.   Among his contemporaries was Richard Waggoner, now chief executive of GM.

29.   Among his friends were fellow humor columnists Russell Baker and Art Buchwald.

30.   Among his goals were that children should read at grade level by the third grade and move out of bilingual education faster.