21.   Already, he knows, the bloom is off the rose.

22.   Allan bloom was only famous at the end of his life.

23.   But now the bloom is gone, and the commission is not likely to be established.

24.   But the bloom is off that rose, now.

25.   But the bloom is off the gubernatorial rose.

26.   But now, four months later, the bloom is gone, and the commission is not likely to be established.

27.   But the bloom is off the rose.

28.   But the bloom may be off the rose in the West.

29.   By now, nearly nine months later, one would have thought the bloom would be off the rose, at least a bit.

30.   Clearly, the bloom is off the reengineering rose.