21.   But I am single-minded in my focus on the nap, so I begin a series of activities that will guarantee my needing one.

22.   But the idea had already lost steam by the time Lott began a series of town meetings Monday to promote it as the centerpiece of a new GOP agenda.

23.   But there has been a special urgency this month because Israel begins a series of holidays this weekend, which could delay the process for up to a month.

24.   Central bankers, citing a benign inflation outlook, began a series of interest rate reductions one year ago.

25.   China, which considers Taiwan a Irebel province, began a series of military exercises near Taiwan last July to intimidate voters into opposing Lee.

26.   China, which considers Taiwan a rebel province, began a series of military exercises near Taiwan last July to intimidate voters into opposing Lee.

27.   Central bankers, citing a benign inflation outlook, began a series of interest rate reductions about a year ago.

28.   -Creator Stan Lee began the series in the era of civil rights as a social commentary on bigotry with the mutants as a hated minority.

29.   Dellucci is certain to find the Astrodome more to his liking when the Diamondbacks begin a three-game series there tonight against the Houston Astros.

30.   Earlier this year, Cox began a series of crimes, including the abduction of five girls in Texas and Louisiana.