21.   Agassi won two of his fifth-set service games at love and broke at love in the second game.

22.   Born with bones that break at the slightest injury, he has spent much of his life in traction and casts.

23.   Broken at love as she served for the match, Hingis was undaunted.

24.   But in a season that broke apart at the seams a long time ago, nobody seems immune from the fate that has befallen the Rangers.

25.   But something could break at the league meetings in October or next spring, after stadium referendums in Denver and several other cities determine if franchises will move.

26.   But the old machinery is wearing out and the gears that move the counters may break at any time.

27.   But they broke at midday to hold a news conference on the Justice Department steps, vowing to keep pressing for a reopening of the investigation.

28.   But you had the sense the dam was going to break at any moment.

29.   Defense Department investigators tested a sample of the cable and found that it broke at roughly two-thirds of the minimum strength required by military specifications.

30.   Entrusted with keeping the Knicks cohesive, they broke apart at crucial junctures.