21.   Once he made all of the White House bells ring at the same time.

22.   Once the bell rings, I sit down and he fights, so I have to do my job first.

23.   So much has changed since that kinetic, cosmic moment when New Hampshire native Carlton Fisk made church bells ring after midnight.

24.   Some middle-school students like to unwind with a cigarette after the bell rings.

25.   That, too, is part of the buildup until the bell rings in Memphis for the first round.

26.   The bell rings early, the judges are stacked.

27.   The bell rings again, and the noise starts anew.

28.   The bell rings and Mike Tyson turns into an animal.

29.   The all-news networks crave fodder, like teams of antsy fire horses kept chained in unlit barns till the bell rings.

30.   The church bells ring out the hours with a clanging that sounds like a train rail being hit by a mallet.