21.   If there are problems getting verbal assurances translated into written ones, consider writing memos detailing meetings and representations.

22.   If the junkyard dog forced the banks to cough up the money, this decidely unglamorous process is what gets people in their homes.

23.   If they want to do stuff like that, who am I to get in their way?

24.   If this is a ploy to get the sympathetic parent vote, remember the Clintons still have a teenager at home.

25.   If there ever were a time for the Husky defense to get well, this is it.

26.   In the meantime, because Wilson has been slow getting out of the campaign blocks, his crucial fund-raising effort also has been going slower than he had planned.

27.   It has not been easy getting people to trust us.

28.   It may be easier getting into Harvard than securing a position as a head golf professional at a private club.

29.   It can be slow getting through Houston traffic to the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens.

30.   Last Tuesday, however, she was slow getting out of the house.